Sunday Treat- Golden Brioche

Very delicious, rich and tender bread with a golden crust – great way to treat yourself and your family. Enjoy!

Prep time :  30 min + for dough to rise

Cooking time : 15-20 min

(Makes 6 large brioches)

Ingredients:

500 gram flour

7 gram dry yeast

1 teaspoon sugar

125 ml warm milk

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon sugar

4 eggs, lightly beaten

175 gram butter, softened

1 egg yolk

1 tablespoon cream

Method:

In small bowl mix milk, 1 teaspoon sugar and yeast; leave to stand for 5 minutes.

Into large bowl sift in flour, salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar; make well in the centre then pour in eggs and yeast mixture, add butter. Mix until dough is smooth, glossy and elastic.

Transfer to a clean bowl; cover and let it rise for 1 h or until doubled in size.

Grease six large muffin cups.

Gently punch down the dough; transfer to a floured surface. Cut ¼ of the dough and divide into 6 parts, form into a ball; set aside. Divide remaining dough into 6 equal parts. Knead each part into round shape and place into greased muffin cups. Make an indentation in each larger dough ball and place a small ball into the indentation. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes or until doubled in size.

Mix egg yolk with cream and brush brioches. Bake brioches in the 210⁰C preheated oven for 10 minutes then turn heat to 180⁰C and continue to bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown. Once baked place on a wire rack to cool down a little.

World Bread Day and Nutty Apricot Breakfast Loaf

This is 5^th Edition of World Bread Day, which takes place on the 16^th of October and is hosted by Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte. There are no restrictions what kind of bread to bake – it’s all up to you. Or if you don’t want to bake then you can buy your favourite bread and write about it.

I decided to bake something special for Saturday breakfast, something nutty and sweet : )

Prep time : 25  min

Cooking time : 50 min + cooling

(Makes 1 loaf)

Ingredients:

400 gram all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

100 gram brown sugar

60 gram mixed nuts, roughly chopped

125 gram dried apricots

1 cup boiling water

250 ml natural yogurt

200 ml milk

Zest of 1 lemon

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 ⁰ C. Grease baking pan.

Place dried apricots into bowl and pour over boiling water; leave to stand 10 minutes then drain and chop.

Meanwhile in a large bowl mix flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, lemon zest and sugar. Then mix in yogurt and milk.

Add chopped nuts and apricots, blend well.

Transfer batter to the baking pan and bake for 5o minutes or until done. Cool for 10 minutes until transferring to a wire rack.

Poppy seed Dinner Rolls

Nothing completes a perfect meal like rolls from the oven. Surprise your family and friends with easy - homemade dinner treats. And poppy seeds will add great variation to the ordinary rolls. Enjoy!

Prep time : 30 minutes + rising

Cooking time : 15 - 20 minutes

(Makes 10 rolls)

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons sugar

7 gram dry yeast

345 gram all-purpose flour, plus more

200 ml warm milk

Pinch of salt

3-5 tablespoons butter, melted

3 tablespoon poppy seeds

Method:

In a large mixing bowl put warm milk, yeast and sugar; mix all together and leave to stand in a warm place for 10 minutes. Add in melted butter and salt.

Gradually add flour to the yeast mixture, stir until a dough forms. Then turn the dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth. Place dough into clean greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave it in the warm place to rise, about 45 – 60 minutes.

Punch the dough down and then turn onto floured surface. Roll out dough into 30x25 cm rectangle, sprinkle with poppy seeds.

Beginning with a long side, roll up dough in a roll and cut into 10 equal slices. Place slices, with a cut side up, on the greased baking tray. Cover and let it rise until doubled, for about 30 minutes.

Bake rolls in the 180 degrees C preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes or until golden. Cool for 5 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm.

 

Grissini

Grissini or breadsticks are long, thin and crispy pieces of dry bread originated in Turin, Italy and generally are served as an appetizer or snack.

(Makes 22-25 breadsticks)

Ingredients:

250 gram flour

7 gram dry yeast

1/2 teaspoon sugar

150 ml lukewarm water

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon olive oil

Freshly ground black pepper

Sesame seeds

Method:

Combine water, sugar and yeast, leave to stand for 5-10 minutes.

In large mixing bowl mix flour, salt; make a well in the centre and stir in the yeast mixture and oil. Mix everything until it forms a dough.

Knead for 5 minutes then cover with cling film and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 205 degrees C. Line large baking tray with parchment paper.

Transfer dough to floured surface then divide into 22-25 pieces. Roll each peace into thin pencil size stick. Cover with black pepper and sesame seeds; bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!