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Default Nutella Star Bread

That looks wonderful.

Cheri

"graham" > wrote in message
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> I've just taken it out of the oven and it doesn't look too bad. However, I
> think I used too much Nutella and next time it will only be a very thin
> smear on each layer. I don't think my grandson will complain:-)
>
> https://postimg.org/image/3tp16isfl/
>
> The enriched dough recipe was for a fairly standard cinnamon bun and 2
> different sources quoted the same proportions. Here is the recipe using
> metric weights etc. google for cups.
>
> 450g AP flour
> 70g sugar
> pinch of salt
> 180ml milk (full fat) IMO this is not enough!!
> 2tsp instant yeast
> 2 egg yolks
> 30g softened butter
> Nutella
>
> Method (I used a food processor - thankfully!)
> Warm the milk for 30secs in the MW
> Add the yeast and whisk to dissolve.
> Put the flour sugar and salt in the FP and mix briefly.
> Add the egg yolks and blitz to disperse.
> With the motor running, add the milk mix in a steady stream to form a
> dough.
> At this point I had to add extra milk as the all I had was a bowl full of
> large crumbs. I added extra until it produced a dough then added the soft
> butter and processed until it was incorporated.
> With the extra milk I ended up with 852g of dough which I divided into
> 4x213g pieces that I kneaded into balls and put into separate oiled bowls
> for the first rise.
> After rising, I rolled each piece out into a 10" disc. And at this point
> it is better to follow this youtube video:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwvYmBo_bN4
>
> One can use other fillings such as cinnamon/sugar mix and there are
> savoury versions too.
> It looks somewhat difficult but it isn't and I'll probably make this again
> with the help of my grandchildren.
> Graham