Braided Nutella Bread
Making a delicious desert is so hard
because you are tempted to eat it before you actually finish the
product. Take this test of patience and skill, in order to enjoy a slice
of delicious chocolate bread. It’s a lot easier to make than it looks
and even if you’re not a specialist in the kitchen, you will surely make your friends drool when they see what tasty bread you made. Make sure you have:
• two and a half (2 1/2) cups of all purpose flour;
• a half (1/2) of teaspoon of yeast;
• a (1) cup of water;
• a (1) teaspoon of salt;
• a (1) tablespoon of sugar;
• some Nutella;
• cornmeal;
• one (1) egg;
Start by dissolving yeast with a quarter
of a cup filled water, poured into a small bowl. Take another bowl, and
while you let the yeast rest for 10 minutes, mix in – with the use of a
stand mixer – the appropriate amount of flour, salt, and sugar. Add the
yeast and mix at a low speed. Smoothly turn the speed to medium and
keep turning for 7 minutes.
Get another bowl and lightly oil it and
place the dough you recently made in there. Cover it with a plastic wrap
and in about an hour of sitting in a warm place it will double in size.
Roll some of the dough in order to make a
circle. Careful you leave enough because you’ll have to make another
circle in a few minutes. Take the Nutella (be careful to take it out the
fridge for a while so it would be easy to spread; you could also
microwave it for 30 seconds to be sure) and pour an even layer on the
surface, but leaving half an inch of margin of dough all around.
The next step is to place another roll
off dough (Nutella free) on top. Afterward, place it on a
parchment-lined or silicon-lined baking sheet. It’s advised you sprinkle
the sheet beforehand with cornmeal. Use a knife to cut the dough down
the middle, but keeping one end intact. Look at the image for guideline.
By turning the cut side toward the top,
twist the ends of the dough overtop each other. Do this for every cut
you made. For the next 20 minutes, let your future bread sit in a dry
place, but make sure you cover it with plastic wrap. In the meantime,
prepare the oven. Set it to 350°F. Before placing the dough in, brush it
with some egg wash. Then, bake at this temperature for about 20
minutes. To get that lightly brown look and taste on top, raise to 425°F
and bake for another 5-7 minutes. It’s done! Let it cool before
serving.
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