Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Soft sweet bread roll

The boys were sick these two days.  They just had no appetite.  That's why I baked the sweet bread for them.

Linus helped me out to knead the dough, while Lucas was busy on drawing dinosaurs and sea reptiles. Linus made his own one which was stuffed with many chocolate chips.  However, he didn't take a bite at the end of the day.  In opposite, Lucas was the fan of my bread!

Daddy was late from work last night, he was surprised to see the bread when he arrived home.  They were freshly baked, the warmth and soft texture of the bread was the big indulgence to him after the long day.

The below is the recipe I used.  Just an additional note, to enhance the softness of the buns, I substitute all purpose flour to 2/3 bread flour and 1/3 cake flour

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-basic-sweet-bread/

2 comments:

Grace said...

Manki,
Cece also sick n didn't go to school monday n tue too. Virus is all around the world!
I should try out your recipe one day as i am really weak in bread making!

Anthrokiki said...

Hey Grace, take care! It's spring and virus is very active.

Yes, please try. I have some tips:
1. the key point of bread baking is the yeast. I prefer to use sachet pack. To make the yeast more active, warm the milk to around 40 degree c, put in some sugar, and then stir in the yeast. Leave the mixture for 10 mins before you mix it with the dry ingredients. The yeast would be very happy, they would eat up the sugar and 'farts' out many bubbles, i.e. carbon dioxide.
2. I used lesser milk then the recipe, the dough would be less wet and easier to knead.
3. If you want to make the 1st rise more successful, put the dough near some warmer area, it would make the yeast more active.
4. Before baking, form the shape of the rolls and let them release for at least 15 minutes, they would be expand a little bit before entering into the oven. It will make them more fluffy.

Hope it helps! =)