Matcha Melon Bread Turtle Recipe

I've been struggling with editing my videos lately, so many technical problems, due to having a new editing software, battery on my laptop dying, etc, and only recently moved again. But I'm glad I can finally upload something new for everyone. I've always wanted to try making a melon bread, there are so many adorable pictures of different types of melon breads on the internet, strawberry, turtle, even the plain melon breads are so cute. I love bread, and I love cookies, so taking a bite of into this melon bread is basically the best of both worlds. Enjoy the recipe and I hope to update more in the future ^o^~

Recipe for Matcha Melon Bread Turtle (Written Tutorial)

Cookie Dough Recipe

Ingredients

• 25 g Softened Unsalted Butter
• 35 g Sugar
• 25 g Beaten Eggs
• 80 g All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Matcha Powder
• Bread Flour for dusting

Directions

1. Cream together butter and sugar until pale.
2. Slowly whisk in whisked egg
3. Add flour, baking powder, matcha. 
4. Turn into log, Saran wrap, and place in fridge.

Bread Dough Recipe

Ingredients

• 140 g Bread Flour 
• 25 g Sugar 
• 1/3 tsp Salt 
• 5 g Dry Milk Powder 
• 3 g Active Yeast 
• 1 tbsp Beaten Egg 
• 70 ml Warm Water 
• 15 g Softened Unsalted Butter 
• Bread Flour for dusting 
• Edible Black Marker 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl add yeast, some of the flour and all of the water, whisk until dissolved. 
3. Add in milk powder and egg.
4. Add in sugar, flour, butter, and salt. 
5. Remove from bowl knead for 8 minutes. 
6. Place dough in clean bowl covered with saran wrap. Let it rise in a warm place for one hour or until doubles in size. 
7. Release the gas in the dough by pressing down on it. 
8. Divide the dough into five pieces. 1-4 pieces will be the turtle's body. The fifth piece is the turtle's head, feet, and hands 
9. Divide the fifth piece into 8 pieces. Set aside four of those pieces to be the turtle's head. 
10. With the remaining four pieces, divide them each into another four making 16 pieces for the hands and feet.
11. Let it rest for 20 minutes. 

Assembly

1. Take the green cookie dough out of the fridge, cut into five pieces. 
2. Press down on a green cookie dough piece and flatten it with your hand then roll into a flat circle big enough to cover the bread dough body.  Cover the dough in matcha dough, score the back of the turtle shell into a pound sign using a knife of bench scraper, and dip it into a bowl of granulated sugar 
3. Assemble together the pieces for each turtle on a pan lined with silpat mat or parchment paper. Each turtle will have to small feet, two small hands, 1 head, 1 body. Adhere the pieces together using egg wash.
4. Let it rise 40 minutes. Bake 12 minutes. Let it cool on cooling rack. Draw on face with edible marker.

Recipe for Matcha Melon Bread Turtle (Step by Step Video Tutorial)

Recipe for Matcha Melon Bread Turtle (Step by Step Photo Tutorial)

Cookie Dough Recipe

Ingredients

1. Cream together 25 grams softened unsalted butter and 35 grams granulated sugar until pale.

2. Slowly whisk in whisked 25 gram egg 

3. Add 80 grams all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon matcha powder.

4. Turn into log, Saran wrap, and place in fridge.

Bread Dough Recipe

In a large bowl add yeast, 

some of the flour 

and all of the water, whisk until dissolved.

Add in milk powder and egg.
Add in sugar, flour, butter, and salt. 

Remove from bowl knead for 8 minutes.

Place dough in clean bowl covered with saran wrap. Let it rise in a warm place for one hour or until doubles in size. 

Assembly Directions

Release the gas in the dough by pressing down on it.
Divide the dough into five pieces. 

Let it rest for 20 minutes.
1-4 pieces will be the turtle's body. The fifth piece is the turtle's head, feet, and hands 

Divide the fifth piece into 8 pieces. Set aside four of those pieces to be the turtle's head. 

With the remaining four pieces, divide them each into another four making 16 pieces for the hands and feet.
Let it rest for 20 minutes. 

Bread dough for 1 turtle: 4 small pieces for the feet and hands, 1 head, 1 body.

Divide cookie dough into five pieces

Press one piece dough by flatten with your palm

Cover a piece of body bread dough in cookie dough

Score the back in a turtle shell 

Dip into bowl of sugar

Assemble together the pieces for each turtle on a pan lined with silpat mat or parchment paper. Each turtle will have to small feet, two small hands, 1 head, 1 body. Adhere the pieces together using egg wash.

Let it rise 40 minutes. Bake 12 minutes. 

Let it cool on cooling rack. Draw on face with edible marker.