SOFT BREAD (5000 DOLLARS RECIPE ~~~ 5千元老式面包)

This bread recipe is raging! My friends have tried and tested, all thumbs up. How can I not use the recipe?

Since I'm fasting on bake-myself-cakes for the next 2 months, I can still put my oven into good use by baking breads and other dishes. ^Q^.  I could not decide on the designs and flavours of the end product, so just made a simple Nutella loaf, some cheese buns and sugar buns. 我的胖嘟嘟面包，可爱。。。

5000 DOLLARS SOFT BREAD RECIPE  (5千元老式面包)

Ingredients

(A) Starter Dough

210g high-protein flour (eg. bread flour)

90g low-protein flour (eg. cake flour or top flour)

24g caster sugar

6g instant yeast

240g cool water

(B) Main Dough

210g high-protein flour

90g low-protein flour

96g caster sugar

1-1/2 tsp salt

24g milk powder

90g egg

54g cool water

72g softened butter

Methods

1. Mix (A) well with a spatula.

2. Leave at a warm place to ferment for about 2 to 3 hours until you get a very soft, fine and webby texture. Or keep in fridge for at least 12-16 hours to ferment.

Starter dough after 18 hours in fridge. Make sure your container is big enough for dough to rise

3. Place fermented (A) and all ingredients of (B) EXCEPT FOR BUTTER into mixing bowl. Knead until well combined.

4. Add in softened butter. Knead until it passes the window-pane test.

5. Lightly grease dough and bowl and cover with cling wrap or clean cloth. Proof for 1 hour or until size is doubled in a warm place.

place a cup of hot water in off-switched oven helps to proof dough well

 

Ensure your container is big enough to hold all the dough

6. Lightly dust the counter top with flour, tilt dough onto counter top. Punch out ALL air (you do not want a sour dough), shape and add fillings/topping as desired. Place on baking tray, lightly cover doughs to prevent from drying and let proof until doubled in size again.

7. Bake at 180C for about 12 min till golden, depending on size. (I baked for about 30 min)

After spreading Nutella generously, roll the dough lengthwise and place in loaf tin

I did not seal the dough to reveal the hazelnut spread. Let rise till doubled.

Nutella Loaf

Just before baking, brush top with melted butter and sprinkle some sugar

The buns pumped up while baking, so cute =) 胖嘟嘟

VERDICT

The buns are very soft indeed. My husband sings praises of the bread =) The bread is still soft the next day. I can't tell how long it can stay soft because they are gone pretty quickly.