Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I’m gonna show you a way to prepare a special dish, Pain au lait (French Milk Bread). This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pain au lait (French Milk Bread) Recipe.
You can cook Pain au lait (French Milk Bread) using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pain au lait (French Milk Bread)
Prepare of A. Bread.
Take 230 g of all purpose flour.
Prepare 60 g of bread flour.
It’s 125 g of whole milk.
It’s 40 g of sugar.
Take 4 g of instant yeast.
Make ready 3 g of salt.
You need 1 of egg (50g).
It’s 65 g of unsalted butter.
Make ready of B. Topping.
Make ready 30 g of pearl sugar.
Take 1 of egg +15ml water.
Pain au lait (French Milk Bread) instructions
In a mixing bowl, mixed all the ingredients (exept butter) together. Use a spoon to slightly stir it until it form a sticky dough. Use the dough hook in the machine to beat the dough at medium to low speed for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, add butter change from medium to high speed for about 7 minutes until the dough is smooth and leaves the side of the mixing bowl..
Transfer the dough out to a lightly floured surface. Lightly knead Lightly knead, shape into a ball. Cover the dough with a wet towel or clingy wrap in the process of proofing..
Let it proof 30 minutes..
Divide into 6-8 equal portions. Cover by clingy wrap and rest 10’..
Roll the dough into a long cylindrical shape. Transfer the dough to the baking tray and and let it proof until it is double to triple in size (about 60’)..
Preheat the oven to 210oC. Prepare 2 cups of boiling water to be put in 2 different corner of the oven..
Once the proofing is done, brush the dough with egg wash and use scizzor to make zigzag cut..
Sprinkle pearl sugar on top..
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the bread is golden brown..
