Today my mom requested I make bread for her. As I was thinking about what to make for her, I saw eggs and milk we had just bought. I thought milk and egg bread would be perfect for mom as she loves soft crust and soft crumb.
I am not good at measuring but here is what I used to make this delicious loaf of bread.
1 large egg
3 tbsp powdered milk
¾ tsp instant yeast
1/3 cup sugar (yes this bread is super sweet)
2 ½ cups of flour
¼ cup unsalted Butter
Pinch or two of salt
Water (I didn’t measure it) maybe about 2-3 tbsp or more. just enough to make soft dough.
Dissolve yeast in 2 tbsp of water. Beat egg and sugar well until it turns glossy. Sift flour, milk, salt together and add 1/3rd of it to the egg and sugar mixture, add the dissolved yeast and mix well. Repeat twice using 1/3 rd of the flour. Add more water 1 tbsp at a time if needed. Mix well. Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Slightly flatten the dough and add butter. Fold the sides to seal butter in and knead again until all butter has melted and incorporated well with dough. Rest for 45 mins in a bowl covered with a damp cloth and stretch and fold once. Rest again for 45 mins.
Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and flatten into a rectangle. Roll into a log and cut into 3 parts. Take each part and flatten lightly into a rectangle, roll and place it in a loaf pan seam side down. Repeat with other two parts. Place the rolls snugly together in the pan. Cover with greased plastic wrap or greased parchment paper and let it rise for 30-45 mins.
Preheat oven at 200C and bake for 10 mins. Lower the temperature to 180C and bake further for 15 mins. Cool completely before slicing. Makes great toasts. Just spread butter on top and serve ;)
This makes only one loaf of 8.5x4.5 (baked in 1 lb loaf pan). You can double the recipe if you want two loaves.
PS: I am buying a new scale so my measurements will be more accurate next time. :) just this one time let me apologize for not measuring everything. I wanted to share this delicious recipe with everyone ASAP. I will update this recipe with exact measurements after I get my scale.
