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Milk Bread Plait

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This impressive looking loaf makes a table centre piece or a wonderful gift.

Customer rating: CakeCakeCakeCakeCake 2 customer reviews

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Ingredients

300 mlMilk
50 gButter
500 gWhite Spelt Flour or Strong White Bread Flour
1 tspQuick Yeast
½ tspSalt
1 Egg White
1 tspPoppy Seeds

Method

  1. Put the milk and butter in a saucepan and gently warm together.
  2. In a large bowl mix together the flour, salt and quick yeast.
  3. Add the milk mixing to form a smooth pliable dough.
  4. Leave the dough covered with a tea towel, in a draught free place, for it to double in size (This should take about an hour).
  5. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead the dough firmly.
  6. Cut the dough into three pieces rolling each until at least 30cm/12” long.
  7. Lay the pieces parallel pinching them together at one end.
  8. To plait the dough lift one side of the dough over the middle section of dough then lift the other side of the dough over the one you have just moved into the middle.
  9. Continue plaiting the dough and pinch the dough together to finish.
  10. Transfer the plait to an oiled baking tray.
  11. Brush the dough with egg white and sprinkle the poppy seeds on top.
  12. Leave the dough to rise for about 40 minutes in a warm place.
  13. Bake in a preheated oven 30/35 minutes.

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Temperature & cooking time:
200°C/Fan180°C/400°F/Gas 6

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By Mrs Yvonne Davies

23 Jan 2012 | 18:45 GMT

Rating: CakeCakeCakeCakeCake

Delicious bread and looks very impressive if placed on the table whole for people to help themselves. I kneaded the dough for 10 minutes and it was nice and pliable after this time. I also use this recipe for making bread rolls sometimes.

By Miss Claire-Louise Foster

28 Mar 2010 | 22:47 BST

Rating: CakeCakeCakeCakeCake

I found this recipe today and baked my loaf tonight - it's absolutely delicious! Only on criticism is that kneading times would have been helpful - but I just did about 5 minutes as I do with the rest of my loaves. Lovely recipe, which I've written in my special recipe book!