Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Bread 🥖🧄

Description

Fluffy Korean style cream cheese garlic bread with a rich garlic butter soak and a clean sweet savory balance, baked until glossy and plush like a premium bakery hit. 🧈

Hook ✨

If you want a Korean dough recipe that is extremely searched and actually feels luxurious, this is the viral bakery bread that tastes expensive with simple technique. ✨

Ingredients

• Bread
• 🥖 4 soft brioche buns, about 90 g each (4 x 3.2 oz)
• Cream cheese filling
• 🧀 250 g cream cheese, softened (8.8 oz)
• 🍯 30 ml honey or sugar syrup (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🧂 1 g fine salt (1/4 tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🍋 5 ml lemon juice, optional (1 tsp / 0.17 fl oz)
• Garlic butter soak
• 🧈 120 g unsalted butter, melted (1/2 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🥚 2 large eggs (2)
• 🥛 60 ml milk (1/4 cup / 2 fl oz)
• 🧄 18 g garlic, finely grated (6 cloves / 0.6 oz)
• 🧂 2 g fine salt (1/2 tsp / 0.07 oz)
• 🌿 2 g dried parsley, or 10 g fresh, finely chopped (2 tsp / 0.07 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Prep the oven
2. Heat oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a tray with baking paper. 🔥
3. 2️⃣ Cut the buns
4. Slice each bun into 6 wedges, cutting almost through but keeping the base intact so it opens like a flower. 🥖
5. 3️⃣ Whip the filling
6. Mix cream cheese, honey or syrup, salt, and optional lemon juice until smooth and pipeable. 🧀
7. 4️⃣ Fill the bread
8. Pipe or spoon cream cheese into every cut, aiming for even gaps so every bite gets filling. ✨
9. 5️⃣ Make the garlic soak
10. Whisk melted butter, eggs, milk, garlic, salt, and parsley until glossy and fully combined. 🧄
11. 6️⃣ Soak carefully
12. Spoon the garlic mixture over each bun, letting it drip into the cuts without flooding the tray. 🧈
13. 7️⃣ Bake
14. Bake 12 min at 180°C (350°F) until the tops look glossy and the edges are lightly golden. ⏳
15. 8️⃣ Rest and serve
16. Rest 3 min, then serve warm while the bread is plush and the garlic butter is aromatic. 🥖

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 18 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 12 min
🛋️ Rest: 3 min
⏰ Total: 33 min

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