Coffee Marble Bread
- 200 g Wheat Bread Flour
- 300 g White Bread Flour
- 25 g butter
- 35 g sugar
- 3 g salt
- 10 g dried yeast
- 255 g warm milk (40C)
- 20 g instant coffee powder
- Place white bread flour, wheat bread flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl, gently mix well.
- Dissolve dried yeast in warm milk, leave it for 1-2 min.
- After that add the milk mixture into the flour mixture.
- Quickly combine them.
- When all the flour are moistened, place the dough onto a pastry board.
- Knead the dough in a forward motion by hands for 5 min, fold in butter to the dough.
- Then knead the dough for another 5 min or until the butter is combined.
- Take about 1/3 of dough, add in coffee powder.
- Knead the dough until all coffee powder is combined and smooth.
- While for the plain dough, knead it until smooth.
- This process usually takes about 15 mins.
- Leave the coffee dough and the plain dough in separate mixing bowls for 30 min at 40C, or until they are doubled in size.
- When the doughs are ready, transfer them onto a pastry board.
- Gently press them to remove excess air.
- Divide the plain dough into 3 portions and coffee dough into 2 portions.
- Shape all the doughs into balls.
- Flatten all the doughs.
- Then place the doughs in alternating colours.
- (Plain dough on top and bottom).
- After that, flatten the dough into a big circle.
- Roll the dough in a cylinder shape, gently press the dough to flatten it.
- Cut the dough into 3 prices and braid the dough.
- Transfer it to a baking tray.
- Cover the dough and allow it to stay in warm place (40C) for 30min or until it is doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- When the dough is ready, bake it in the oven at 180C for 30min or until golden brown.
- Leave it to cool completely before serving.
g wheat bread, white bread, butter, sugar, salt, yeast, warm milk, coffee powder
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/494167-coffee-marble-bread (may not work)