Twisted Cream Bread
- 200 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 30 grams Sugar
- 3 grams Salt
- 2 grams Dry yeast
- 30 grams Butter
- 1/2 Egg
- 140 ml combined with egg Milk
- 1/2 Egg
- 20 grams Granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp Cake flour
- 70 ml Milk
- 5 grams Butter
- 4 tsp Granulated sugar
- 1 Sliced almonds, sugar
- Make the custard cream.
- Use a whisk to mix the egg and granulated sugar in a heatproof bowl.
- Sift in the cake flour and mix well.
- Gradually add the milk while continuously stirring.
- Lightly cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 1 minute.
- Mix it well and then microwave for another 40 seconds.
- Mix until smooth and then stir in the butter.
- Transfer the cream to a flat dish and cover with plastic wrap so that the surface doesn't dry out.
- Chill until it thickens to a paste.
- Use the bread dough function on the bread maker to make the bread dough.
- When the dough has completed its first rising, remove from the bread maker and punch out the gas.
- Divide into 2 portions and form into balls.
- Cover with a tightly wrung out damp cloth and let rest for 10~15 minutes.
- Use a rolling pin, roll out each ball of dough to a 15 x 20 cm flat and smooth rectangle.
- Thinly spread half of the custard cream onto each rectangle of dough.
- Evenly sprinkle 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar over the cream on each.
- Roll up the dough from the edge as if rolling up a Swiss Roll cake.
- Seal the seams closed.
- Use a sharp knife to slice the dough down the center.
- Make sure to leave one end connected!
- Twist the two sections of dough together with the internal cross-section facing out and place into the cake pan (It's best if you line the pan with parchment paper or shortening).
- Leave for the second rising until they have doubled in size.
- Top with sliced almonds and bake in a preheated 190C oven for 18~20 minutes.
- Once they have finished baking, let them cool on a rack.
- When cooled, dust with powdered sugar and they are complete.
- Wrap and give away as gifts.
- Here's the cross-section.
- Another version
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/156467-twisted-cream-bread (may not work)