Happy Bread

Name: *Happy Bread*
Ingredients: 2 tsp dry instant yeast; 1 tbsp sugar or honey...i used honey; 100 ml warm milk; 500 grams all purpose flour, plus extra for kneading and flouring; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs lightly beaten; 150 ml warm milk (extra); 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice...I used lemon juice; 100 grams butter, melted and cooled; 1 (GLAZE); 1 egg yolk; 2 tbsp milk

13 ingredients

25 steps

Ingredients

2 tsp dry instant yeast
1 tbsp sugar or honey...i used honey
100 ml warm milk
500 grams all purpose flour, plus extra for kneading and flouring
1 tsp salt
2 eggs lightly beaten
150 ml warm milk (extra)
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice...I used lemon juice
100 grams butter, melted and cooled
1 (GLAZE)
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp milk

Directions

1

Dissolve yeast and sugar in 100 ml milk, cover and leave in a warm place to rise 10 minutes
2

in another bowl, sift the flour and salt together.
3

Make a well in the middle and add beaten eggs into it, the remaining warm milk, olive oil, vinegar and yeast mixture.
4

Knead the dough with your hands or in your mixer until it separates from the sides of the bowl.
5

Remove dough, place on lightly floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes until it becomes a soft, pliable dough.
6

Place in a greased bowl, cover with a towel and leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in volume- about an hour.
7

Punch risen dough and transfer on a floured surface, divide dough into 2 equal parts.
8

Divide each of these again into 4, so you have eight pieces of dough altogether.
9

Roll each piece of dough out into a roughly rectangular shape with a thickness of 3-5 mm.
10

Brush cooled melted butter over each piece.
11

set aside remaining butter for later.
12

Place one piece of rectangular dough over another one abd start to roll into a cylinder.
13

Do the same with the rest of the dough; you will end up with 4 cylindrical rolls altogether.
14

Cut each roll into three pieces this way.
15

..slice off both ends of the roll about 1.5 inch long each , and put these 2 pieces aside.
16

Then cut the middle part of the roll into 4 triangles.
17

Preheat oven to 180C.
18

Grease or line a large baking tray.
19

In the middle of the tray , arrange the cut ends of the roll around each other to form a circle, placing the cut sides down.
20

Arrange the cut triangles to completely surround the middle circle.
21

Cover with a towel and leave the dough to rice in a warm place for about 30-40 minutes
22

Beat the yolk and the milk with a fork to form a glaze.
23

( you can sprinkle with sesame seeds or other dry toppings at this point ) Bake bread for 20-30 minutes, reducing the temperature to 160C after 10 minutes in the oven.
24

Brush bread with melted butter as soon as it comes out of the oven , cover with a towel and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes before eating
25

saw this on net ( Foodiva)