Hoped you all liked looking at the bread as much as I liked eating it! J/K I will give you the recipe so you can make it for your self.
Milk Bread
from Joy of Cooking
Combine in a large bowl of a heavy-duty mixer and let stand until yeast is dissolved, about 5 minutes;
3 tablespoons warm water
1 package yeast(21/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
Add:
1 cup warm milk(105-115 degrees)milk
5 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon salt
Mix by hand or on low speed for one minute. Gradually stir in:
2 cups all-purpose or bread flour
Gradually add until the dough is moist but not sticky:
1 to 2 cups all-purpose or bread flour
Kneed for about 10 minutes by hand or with the dough hook on low to medium speed until the dough is smooth and elastic. transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and turn once to coat with oil. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a clean cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
This is where you decide what you want to do with the dough, you could roll them up into rolls, cinnamon bread, regular bread, whatever. for rolls I like to divide the dough in two balls, roll them into a 12 inch circle. Use a pizza cutter and cut it into 8-12 triangles(depends how big you like, we like big ones so I do 8) Roll up from the wide side to make crescent shape, place on cookie sheet to let rise until doubled about 40-60 minutes. Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
For the cinnamon bread roll the whole thing into an 8x18 inch rectangle brush with 2 tablespoons melted butter, sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon mixture and some raisins that you soak din hot water and then drained. Roll it up the short way and put into a well greased bread pan. Let rise another hour. Brush with a little egg wash(1 egg 1 teaspoon water, whisk it up) and sprinkle a little cinnamon sugar over the top and then bake 40-45 minutes or until the bottom sounds hollow when tapped with a knife.
And to make it even better you could brush it with some melted butter when it come out of the oven.
Bake all of these things at 375 degrees and you will have the best smelling house ever!
1 comment:
This is great, a base bread recipe that you then tweak to suit your needs! It sounds so light and fluffy. Rolls would be so good! Oh, it all sounds yummy...
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