Bread

Let’s make this the weekend!

Ingredients:

 2 teaspoons dry instant yeast

 1 tablespoon sugar or honey

 100ml warm milk

 500g all-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading and flouring

 1 teaspoon salt

 2 eggs, lightly beaten

 150 ml warm milk (extra)

 2 tablespoons olive oil- 1/2 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice

 100 g butter, melted and cooled

For the Glaze:

 1 egg yolk

 2 tablespoons milk

Method:

Follow the steps:

Step 1. Dissolve the yeast and the sugar in 100 ml warm milk, cover and leave the composition in a warm place to rise for 10 minutes.

Step 2. In another bowl, sift the flour and the salt together. Make a well in the middle and add into it the beaten eggs, the remaining warm milk, olive oil, vinegar and the yeast mixture. Knead the dough with your hands or in your mixer until it separates from the sides of the bowl. Remove the dough, place it on a lightly floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes until it becomes a soft, pliable dough. Place it in a greased bowl, covered with a towel and leave it to rise in a warm place until doubled in volume – about an hour.

Step 3. Punch the risen dough and transfer it on a floured surface, then divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Divide each of them again into 4 parts, so to have 8 pieces of dough altogether.

Step 4. Roll each piece of dough out into a roughly rectangular shape with a thickness of 3-5 mm. Brush cooled, melted butter over each piece. Set aside the remaining butter for later use.

Step 5. Place one piece of rectangular dough over another one and start to roll a cylinder. Do the same with the rest of the dough; you will end up with 4 cylindrical rolls altogether.

Step 6. Cut each roll into three pieces this way – slice both the ends of the roll (about 1.5 inch long each end), and put these two pieces aside. Then cut the middle part of the roll into 4 triangles.

Step 7. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease or line a large baking tray. In the middle of the tray, arrange the cut ends of the rolls around each other to form a circle, placing the cut sides down. Arrange the cut triangles to surround completely the middle circle. Cover it with a towel and leave the dough to rise in a warm place for about 30-40 minutes.

Step 8. Beat the yolk and the milk with a fork to form a glaze and brush the top of the bread with this glaze. (You can sprinkle with sesame seeds or other dry toppings at this point.) Bake the bread for 20-30 minutes, reducing the temperature to 160C after 10 minutes in the oven.

Step 9. Brush the bread with melted butter as soon as it comes out of the oven, cover it with a towel and leave it to cool for 10-15 minutes before eating.Lekke

Enjoy! / Lekker Eet!

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