The recipe of bread is very similar in many cases. A recipe for basic sweet bread. Can make dozens of different shapes of bread. Sometimes, there are only a few changes in the ingredients of bread. But don't underestimate these changes. It can make bread with completely different flavor. For example, today's recipe for soft bread is not only very suitable for making clear and beautiful croissants, but also very soft. PS - when it comes to croissants, the first thing we think about is the classic shortbread. But today it's not shortbread. It's a sweet bread. (8 pieces)
Step1:First, knead according to the production process of general bread. Dry yeast is put into warm milk in advance. Stir well. Let yeast dissolve and stand for 5 minutes. Knead all the ingredients into a dough. Stir at low speed for about 13 minutes (or knead by hand). Knead until it reaches the expansion stage.
Step2:Put the dough into a large bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and ferment in a warm place for about 1 hour until the dough is 2.5 times larger. Exhaust the fermented dough. Gently knead for about 1 minute. Then evenly divide into 8 parts. Knead. Cover with plastic wrap and relax for 15 minutes.
Step3:Then we can do the plastic. Take a loose dough and rub it into a round shape. Then flatten the dough. Roll it out according to the shape of the dough. Stretch the wide end of the dough to both sides to make it a triangular patch.
Step4:Then roll it up. After rolling, the two ends will be rubbed more thin and sharp, and bent into a horn shape.
Step5:After all the dough has been shaped, put it into the baking tray covered with silicone paper (8 in total. I divided them into two plates). Carry out final fermentation.
Step6:Ferment for 30 minutes at 38 ℃ and 85% humidity (how to create the temperature and humidity of fermentation? Click here). Until the dough is 1.5 times the original size. Brush the whole egg liquid on the dough surface. Preheat the oven to 200 ℃. Put the baking tray into the middle layer of the oven. Bake for about 12 minutes until the surface is dark golden yellow. Please adjust the baking temperature and time according to the actual situation.
Cooking tips:1. The whole process of making dough is the same as that of general bread. To make a beautiful horn, the key is shaping. If you find that the dough shrinks seriously and is difficult to operate during the shaping process, you can continue to relax the dough for a while before operation. 2. In order to ensure that the shape of the horn after baking is clear and beautiful, the dough only needs to be fermented to 1.5 times of the size. But don't worry. This bread is still soft without fermenting to twice the size. There are skills in making delicious dishes.