Get ready for a Thanksgiving dinner roll upgrade with these amazing Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Buns! These buns are unlike anything you’ve ever tasted – they’re sweet, salty, garlicky, and downright delicious. Once you try them, regular garlic bread might become a thing of the past!
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Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Buns
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 16 small buns 1x
- Category: Side Dish
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 King’s Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (let them dry out at room temperature for 2 hours)
Cream cheese filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese (softened (226g))
- 2–3 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk (to taste)
- Pinch of salt
Garlic butter custard:
- ½ cup melted butter (113g)
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
- 2–3 tablespoons chopped or minced garlic
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- ½ tsp paprika
Topping:
- 2 tbsp grated or shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Use a sharp serrated knife to make 4 cuts in each roll, going 75% of the way down, dividing each roll into 8 equal sections that are still connected. If this seems difficult, just make 2 cuts, creating 4 sections each.
- Combine the cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and salt. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag, make a small cut, and fill each roll by piping the cream cheese filling into each opening.
- In a separate bowl, mix together melted butter, egg, milk, sweetened condensed milk, garlic, salt, parsley, and paprika until well combined.
- Carefully dip each roll into the garlic butter mixture for 1-2 seconds per side and place them on the lined baking sheet. Lift any leftover garlic from the bottom of the bowl and brush it onto the rolls.
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese on the rolls.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes until the rolls are golden.
- Serve while still warm and enjoy!
Notes
You can substitute King’s Hawaiian Rolls with any brioche slider buns of your choice.
