Sophie's green tea, Nigella and Sesame seed sweet loaf
- 275 grams self raising flour
- 1 sachet fast acting dried yeast
- 25 grams butter
- 150 ml green tea, lukewarm and well stewed
- 1/2 tbsp Nigella seeds
- 1/2 tbsp Sesame seeds
- 30 ml milk
- 60 grams sugar (brown is best)
- Mix the flour, yeast and sugar together.
- Chop your butter in to tiny chunks, place on top of your flour mix and pour on the lukewarm tea.
- Squeeze the green tea bags so there is no water left and the liquid gets into the dough mix.
- Mix into a sticky dough, and tip out onto a floured surface.
- Knead for ten minutes, adding flour to help with the kneading as required.
- Place back in the mixing bowl and cover with cling film.
- Leave for a few hours if possible.
- If you can't leave it that long, half an hour will be ok as a minimum.
- I leave mine for about 2 hours as it makes the bread lighter and the crust a bit crisper.
- After you have left your dough, remove it from the bowl, shape and place in a greased or silicon loaf tin.
- Use scissors to snip little arrow shapes into the top of the dough.
- They should stick up like hedgehog spines.
- Leave it for half an hour in the tin, covered.
- While it sits, preheat the oven to 180C.
- Brush with milk and sprinkle the seeds on top.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Enjoy!
flour, acting dried yeast, butter, green tea, nigella seeds, sesame seeds, milk, sugar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/344849-sophies-green-tea-nigella-and-sesame-seed-sweet-loaf (may not work)