This super cute panda bread is proper genius! These would be perfect for a panda toast tea party! I think I would use strawberry flavour instead of green tea though...too bad I have to leave this one to you wheat eaters!

The recipe on Taro-Taro has been translated into English below:

Ingredients to make a 600g loaf (206 x 108 x100h) :
230g bread flour
70g cake flour
30g sugar
milk + 1 yolk = 210g
4.5g salt
18g unsalted butter
4g yeast
8g green tea powder dissolved in 10g boiling hot water
8g cocoa powder dissolved in 8g boiling water

Method:
1. Heat up milk and yolk to temperature of 38℃.

2. Put everything in bread machine and set to dough cycle. Let it knead for 20 minutes. Stop the cycle and restart the dough cycle and let it knead for another 15 minutes.

3. Divide dough (about 560g) into 3 parts: 75g for the chocolate, 210g plain and the rest of the dough which is less than 280g for the green tea.

4. Add chocolate to the 75g dough and knead till the colour is even. Add green tea mixture to the 280g dough and knead till colour is even.

5. Prove all 3 pieces of doughs on separate greased plates covered loosely with oiled cling wrap for 30 - 40 minutes.

6. Punch air out of dough and prove for another 20 - 30 minutes.

7. Use 90g plain dough for the face and 2 pieces of 27g chocolate dough for the eyes.

8. Fill the hollow of the eyes with 30g plain dough.

9. Roll remaining plain dough over the patterned dough.

10. Divide the remaining chocolate dough into 2 pieces (17.5g each) for the ears.

11. Use 70g of the green tea dough to fill up the hollow between the ears.

12. Wrap the rest of the green tea dough all around the patterned dough.
13. Place dough into a well-greased loaf pan and cover it with a lid and prove for 50 - 60 minutes in an enclosed area like a microwave oven.
14. Bake at 200℃ for 25–30 minutes.

To my dear baker friend, Aya: I challenge you to make this bread and send me the photos!!!