Hello Everybody!
Welcome back to the blog and Happy (early) Halloween! To get the festivities started I decided to bake some sweet bread and utilise the most adorable Cake Angels' Halloween sprinkles. This recipe takes a fair amount of time so you really need to plan ahead and it is best made the night before it's needed
So let's get started...
You will need:
- 200g strong flour
- 2g salt
- 20g butter
- 3g baker's yeast
- 20g caster sugar
- 15g egg
- 7ml milk
- 90ml water
1. Rub the butter into the flour and salt until there are no large butter lumps left
2. In a separate jug, mix together the yeast, sugar, milk, water and egg
3. Make a bay in the flour and add the liquid ingredients
4. Using your hands, combine the ingredients together by making circular motions. If you're not a fan of 'messy' baking you can always use a knife instead
5. Once the mixture has started to come together, you can transfer it onto your work surface. It's now time to clear the dough and stretch the gluten strands. This is done by using back and forth movements to stretch the dough
6. When you have a nice smooth dough you can shape it round into a ball and leave covered under a bowl for 60 minutes at room temperature
7. After the dough has sat for 40 minutes, uncover it and fold the corners into the middle of the dough to release any built up gas. Re-cover the dough and let it sit for a further 20 minutes
8. After the full 60 minutes are up it is time to scale the dough. I divided the dough into seven 50g pieces. To shape the dough, place your hand in a claw like shape over the dough piece, applying pressure from heel of your hand against the work surface, rotate your hand in large circular movements approx three times. This should shape the dough into a small ball and leave a smooth surface on the dough
9. Cover the dough pieces and allow to rest for 10 minutes
10. Line a round baking tin with some silicone paper, place the dough pieces inside and apply egg wash
11. Cover the tin with a towel and leave to ferment for a further 60 minutes
12. When the 60 minutes are up place the bread into a 200°C preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes
14. Remove the bread from the oven and prepare the icing by mixing 4 teaspoons water and 90g icing sugar together
15. When the bread is completely cooled, apply the icing with a palette knife and then get creative with your Halloween themed sprinkles
And you're finished!
Thank you all sooo much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this post. Have a great week and I'll be back again soon :)
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