Star Bread
Celebrate Christmas with this festive star bread! This recipe will show you, step by step, how to create the best vegan star bread for your Christmas menu - delicious and impressive!
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp butter melted; vegan or regular butter, for vegan version
- 1 packet instant yeast
- 1 cup milk + 2 Tbsp for coating; vegan or regular milk for vegan version
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups chocolate hazelnut spread warmed
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the warm milk and the melted butter.
- Sprinkle on the yeast. Let activate for 10 minutes.
- Add the sugar and salt and stir.
- Stir in the flour, ½ cup at a time.
- When it is too thick to stir, transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for a minute or so until it forms a ball.
- Cover a medium bowl with a little oil and add the dough bowl in.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let it sit about an hour in a warm place, until double in size.
- Preheat oven to 200C.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces.
- Roll each piece into a circle.
- Using a spatula, spread ½ of the warmed hazelnut spread on the bottom circle, cover with the second and repeat.
- Cover with the last circle.
- Using a large plate cut out the edges to create a perfect circle.
- Transfer the dough to a baking tray with parchment paper.
- To twist the dough, put a large cup in the center of the circle upside down.
- Using a pizza knife, cut the dough from the cup to the edge into 16 wedges.
- Twist the wedges together to form the star shape.
- Top with some milk wash.
- Bake for about 30 minutes.