Leaven chinese crullers @ 'ham chim peng'

Ingredients

• A)
• 650 g all purpose flour
• 1-1/2 tspn baking powder
• 1/4 tspn baking soda
• 2 tspn salt
• 2 tspn five spice powder
• 250 g starter dough
• (B)
• 1-1/2 cups water
• a pinch of ammonia
• 1 tspn alkaline water
• (C)
• 3 tbsp butter

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Preparation

• Combine ingredients (A) in a mixing bowl and slowly stir in ingredients (B) mixture.
• Once a soft dough is formed, then add in butter and knead to combine.
• Then cover and leave aside for an hour. Again knead the dough untill smooth and leave to rest for another one hour.
• Now, you can see the dough is actually very very smooth. Place dough over a slightly floured working table.
• Divide into 4 portion and then roll out flat one portion at a time. Again cut dough into 6 portion and form into balls and flatten the ball by hand/rolling pin.