Cartoon Steamed Buns (Rice Dumpling Style)

Put the milk, yeast, corn oil, sugar, and flour into a bowl and knead into a smooth dough within about 10 minutes.

Divide 27 g from the kneaded dough and set aside. Evenly divide the remaining dough into 5 portions.

Take one large piece of dough, deflate it and roll it into a ball. Use a dough scraper to help press it into a triangle. Repeat the same method to shape the other four large pieces of dough.

From the reserved dough, take 25 g and add an appropriate amount of matcha powder. Knead into a green dough, then divide it evenly into 10 portions. Take two portions and deflate and roll them into long strips that are plump in the middle and tapered at both ends.

Roll them out with a rolling pin into oval slices, then use a scraper to press out stripe marks.

Brush a little milk on the lower left and right corners of the white dough to help it stick. Cross and attach the two striped green pieces of dough onto it.

Add a little pumpkin powder to the remaining 2 g of dough and knead into yellow dough, then roll it by hand into a long strip.

Cut off a section and shape it to look like the string used to tie a rice dumpling, then stick a bowknot in the middle. Use a dry brush to dab on some red yeast rice powder to create blush on the cheeks. Make the remaining four rice dumpling shapes in the same way.

After all the shaping is done, place them in warm water to proof until a light press springs back slowly.

Steam over medium-low heat for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let sit with the lid on for another 5 minutes before opening. After taking them out of the steamer, draw faces with the coloring pen. The rice-dumpling-shaped steamed buns are ready.