It was Friday, which means it was time for me to prepare something nicer for my girl to snack on. She is not a picky eater but she has her preferences, sometimes. Nowadays she is getting smarter and smarter. Whenever we give her raisin or hotdog breads, she will pick and eat all the raisins and hotdog. Then give us or our dog the bread.
So I thought maybe I could try chocolate bread with some cranberries. I shaped a few into a bear as well hoping my girl will find them cute and appetizing. She did find them cute and ate one side of the ear. Not sure where were the rest T____T
Nevertheless, the bread is really soft and fluffy when it is fresh from the oven. I took one with my girl and it was so good. Initially I thought it will be a little sweet looking at the amount of sugar but no, it is not. Not a hint of sweetness at all. This recipes had been getting many good reviews. Originally it is from mamafami who is no stranger. So I'm pretty confident this is a good recipe.
However, I think this bread or any other breads should be kept in an air tight container as soon as they are cooled. For instance, once this babies are done with their photoshoot session, they turned a little hard. So I would suggest to keep a few just for photoshoot and hide the rest to enjoy later.
Chocolate and Cranberry Buns
Adapted from Hana's Family and MamaFami's Spice and Splendour
Yield: 12 buns (about 35g-38g each)
Ingredients:
- 200g bread flour
- 50g plain flour
- 50g granulated sugar
- 5g yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 40g margarine
- 125ml fresh milk
- 1/2 egg
- 1 tbsp chocolate powder
- 1/4 cup cranberries
- Egg wash with the remaining 1/2 egg
Methods:
- Put all ingredients into bread maker in the sequence of fresh milk, salt, egg, bread flour, plain flour, chocolate powder, sugar and yeast.
- Select Dough setting. Once the dough comes together, add in margarine. Let the bread maker to continue kneading and proofing until it is done. Usually it takes 1 hour 30 mins.
- Once the bread maker is done, take the dough out and punch out the air.
- Divide into 12 equal sizes and shape it.
- Cover the shaped dough with cling wrap and let it proof until double its size.
- Preheat oven at 180C.
- For bear shape, use circle chocolate rice as eyes. Cut chocolate chips into half to get the triangle shape for the bear's nose.
- Brush egg wash over buns and bake for 20-25 mins or until it is cooked.
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