milk bread austrian-style
Inspired by a recipe in my 'Giant Book of Bread Machine Recipes'. I no longer own an automatic bread machine and have been slowly adapting bread recipes for preparation either in a stand up mixer or food processor.
yield
serving(s)
prep time
2 Hr 15 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For milk bread austrian-style
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5 ozwarm milk (whole milk for best flavor)
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1 1/2 tspactive dry yeast
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4 Tbspbutter
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2 cunbleached flour
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3/4 tspground cinnamon
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1/4 tspanise seed, crushed to release oils
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1/4 tspfreshly grated nutmeg
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/4 cgranulated sugar
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3 Tbspcurrants
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3 Tbsptart dried cherries, chopped up into smaller pieces
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coarse sugar, for sprinkling, about 1 tablespoon
- EGG WASH:
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1egg
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1 Tbspwater
How To Make milk bread austrian-style
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1Attach DOUGH HOOK to your stand up mixer. Gently warm the milk and add it, the active dry yeast and the butter to a stand up mixer. Stir on LOW briefly. Allow to sit 5 minutes.
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2Add the flour, spices, salt and sugar. KNEAD on medium speed for about 2-3 minutes or until the dough is smooth and springs back when touched. Add the dried fruit and KNEAD a few more times briefly just until the fruit is incorporated into the dough.
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3Transfer the dough to an oiled heatproof bowl. Cover and let rise until double in size-about 2 hours. (I turn on our stove to the KEEP WARM setting. As soon as the oven has come to temperature, I turn it off).
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4After the dough has risen, punch it down then place it on a floured cutting board. Divide into 3 sections and roll each sections into roughly 10" length. Braid the rolls and place in a parchment lined baking pan with both braided ends tucked underneath. Whisk together the egg wash and apply to the bread. Sprinkle with coarse sugar.
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5Place the baking pan in the oven then PREHEAT oven to 395 degrees. Start the timer as soon as you set the baking pan in the oven.
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6Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until the bread is a deep golden color and hollow when tapped. So good straight from the oven!
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