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Default Nutella Star Bread

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:38:13 -0700, graham > wrote:

>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


Beautiful! I'll take your word for it that it wasn't difficult. I'm
so glad it turned out for you and family. Merry Christmas to you.
Janet US