Milk Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 1 tbsp instant yeast
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
• a pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• Delicious milk bread from our friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Al-Yawm:
• Hana Mousa Nehme
• Click Hana's name to visit her page on Shou Tabkhin Al-Yawm
• For Hana's coconut cake recipe, click this link:
• Grated Coconut Cake recipe
• For more successful cakes from Hana Mousa's kitchen, see this link: Light fluffy cake without oil

Method

1. Dissolve the yeast in a little lukewarm water.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and knead until you have a smooth, homogeneous dough.
3. Continue kneading until the dough is soft and elastic.
4. Let the milk bread dough rise for 1 hour until it has doubled in size, then knead it again.
   Timers: 60 min
5. Shape the dough as you like — rounds, buns, or finger-shaped rolls — to get the milk bread you want.
6. Place the pieces on a baking tray and let them rise again.
7. Preheat the oven to 200°C (about 400°F).
8. Brush the milk bread with a mixture of egg yolk and milk, then sprinkle with raw sesame seeds and nigella seeds.
9. Bake the milk bread until golden — don’t leave it in the oven too long or it will become hard.