Sunday, 3 November 2013

Thousand Layered Butter Toast (奶油千层土司)

I tried out this recipe yesterday afternooonn

Original Recipe is from Carol's Easy Life

This is such a tasty recipe! Straight dough method. Guarantee it won't need to last that long as it will be finished in 1 day. BTW, you might want to double it and make 2 loaves... I will! :Þ

Ingredients: 

Bread Flour            270g
Cake/Plain flour     30g
Instant Yeast           6g (abt 1 flat tsp)
Salt                         1/4 tsp
Fine sugar               30-40g (if you like it sweeter use 40g)
Milk                        200ml
Butter                      20g (softened at room temperature)

For Decoration: 
Butter                      30g (softened at room temperature)
Egg wash (use whole egg)

Method:

1. Sift flour into a large mixing bowl and add in all the rest of the dry ingredients except butter.
2. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add in milk, reserving about 20-30ml to be added along the way as you knead. Use hand to mix all the ingredients together. Follow this Method on how to mix and knead.
3. After thorough kneading and all the liquid has been added and the dough is elastic, knead in 20g softened butter. Knead until dough is no longer sticky and keep stretching and hitting against work surface until window pane stage (Can stretch to a thin membrane without breaking), put in a pre-greased large bowl to proof in a warm area, slighting spritzing the dough with a bit of water to prevent drying and cover it with cling wrap or damp cloth for about 1hr until dough has doubled in size.
4. With a floured finger, poke into the dough at about 1hr. If the hole remains sunken, it is ready. Turn out on floured board and punch out all the air. Let it rest on the work surface for about 15mins covered before rolling out into a large rectangle piece. Spread the rest of the decoration butter on and roll up the dough like a swiss room tightly, sealing off the edges at the end by pinching and pressing. Fold the roll of dough up on top of the other end and cut through the middle. Then twist like a braid and place into a greased loaf pan, covering it with cling wrap or damp cloth and leave it in a warm place to rise for another hour, until the bread fills the pan totally. Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius and brush egg wash on the top of the bread. Bake for about 30mins until top is nice golden brown (to your liking). Turn out on wire rack to cool immediately once out of the oven. Enjoy!

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