This is a very hilarious experience, with really great tasting results.When you cook/bake you should pay lots of attention. This is what happens when you don’t.
Adapted the recipe from lots of sources, whole meal flour added because i have run out of plain flour. Use 3 egg yolks because that is all I have in the fridge. Who the hell eats egg whites only?
My Ingredients
- 300 grams Plain flour
- 75 grams whole meal flour
- 2.5 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 100 grams soft butter
- 15 grams melted butter
- 3 egg yolks
- 100 mls milk
- 50 mls water
How not to do it(this is how I did it)
Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, add melted butter then the milk & water.
My sister then asks me to drive her to meet some friends. I assume it will take less than 10 minutes to drive down the road & back, I could also pass by the supermarket for more flour, eggs & milk. But as usual, Nairobi traffic has other ideas. Get back home 45 minutes later. Rush to check dough. Wonder what 45 minutes of autolysis will do. The dough is about 50% bigger already. Take dough out of bowl, knead it well for 15 minutes, then set it away to rise for 2 hours.
Watch tv, after 2 hours knock down the dough, then let it rest. Realise I have forgotten to prep the softened butter to integrate into the dough. Get the butter out, measure & dice it up. Let it soften up on kitchen counter. Go back and watch tv.
30 minutes later, the butter has softened up. Still watching news, 15 minutes later attempt to mix butter into dough. Butter is too soft, starting to melt. Freak out big time. Stick dough in fridge 30 minutes. It turns out alright.
Lightly knead the dough, then shape. Lay on baking tray to prove for 30 minutes. Watch more tv
Back 45 minutes later, proved well. Thinking of egg wash glaze.
Start making egg wash glaze, look for brush. Its missing, who has taken it. Improvise with fingers….. Not good.
Bake it 220 degree oven, 20 minutes.
Done……. It actually tastes real good. Not too sweet, not greasy…. not bad.
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