Bo Luo Bao (Pineapple buns)

This bread is one of my favorites. The best ones are fresh and hot out of the oven, with a slab of butter sandwiched in the bread, called bo luo yau. Mmmmmm...so tasty, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

I used the recipe found here: http://www.morethanbread.net/2010/11/bo-lo-bao-pineapple-bun.html

If you don't have shortening, you can use butter instead, which is what I did.

Remember that the buns double in size when you let the dough rise so shape the buns accordingly, unless you want to make huge buns like I did...