Panama Roll dough:

1 pound all purpose flour
10 grams salt (5 teaspoons)
37.5 grams sugar (2 & 1/2 tablespoons)
10 grams instant yeast (5 teaspoons)
37.5 grams butter (2 & 1/2 tablespoons)
1 egg
1/4 liter milk (1/2 cup)

Mix all ingredients together.

Filling: 

Custard Cream:

3/4 liters of milk (make sure you boil the milk) (1 & 1/2 cups)
1 Mandarin orange -- cut into 1/2 inch bits
1/4 kilo sugar (1 & 1/3 cups)
125 grams cornstarch (8 & 2/3 tablespoons)
3 egg yolks

Mix sugar, cornstarch and egg yolks first before mixing with the boiled milk. Add the mandarin orange bits.

Topping: Streusel (The Zuiderdam is the only ship where the buns had a topping) - Optional
1/2 pound flour
1/4 pound butter
1/4 pound sugar

Mix all the ingredients together.

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Flatten the dough using a rolling pin then cut into 4 inch squares and put the filling into the center of each square (about 1 heaping teaspoon). Fold the dough over the filling 4 times. Cover the outside with egg wash. Place on cooky sheets. If you are using the streusel, now is the time to top the buns with it.

Let rest for 25 minutes at room temperature.

Bake for 10 minutes -- serve warm.

Makes about 2 dozen.

Conversions by IRL_Joanie

NOTE from Krazy Kruizers: On all the Panama cruises that we have been on -- both full transits and partials we have had the Panama Rolls/Buns that have the cream and mandarin oranges in them.

On our recent Zuiderdam cruises they had them in one of the cooking demonstrations. Sadly they gave the recipe in grams, liters, etc.

Cruise Critic Member: Krazy Kruizers