This is the cutest bread ever!
Being a mum these days almost means you need to present Masterchef style meals for your kids to eat. Luckily for me, my boys aren't really fussy eaters. They are however, pretty picky at breakfast time. From morning tea onwards, they're fine. So here's me trying to make breakfast 'fun'! One thing I love about this bread, is that it's colourful and cute with natural flavours and colouring. Green tea also happens to be one of my favourite flavours ever... I hope you enjoy this as much as we do :)!
Ingredients
1 egg yolk and milk to total 200g
30g sugar
2 tsp yeast
330-350g bakers flour
1 tsp bread improver (optional)
1 tsp salt
15-20g unsalted butter
8g green tea/matcha powder
8g cocoa powder
*tip: if you aren't used to the slight bitterness of cocoa and green tea powder, you can add more sugar OR substitute cocoa with milo and green tea with pandan essence
Method
1. Add milk and egg yolk in TM and mix for 1 min/sp2/37deg
2. Add sugar, yeast, bakers flour, bread improver (if using) and salt (In that order) and mix sp7/7 sec
3. Knead for 4-5 minutes
4. Add butter in 1-2 minutes before kneading is finished
5. Turn dough out onto thermomat. Dough should weigh roughly 620g. Divide into 3 parts:
Brown - 85g
Plain - 220g
Green - 300g
6. Cover the remaining dough while you mix the colours in case it dries out. Also work separately doing green first in case you transfer colours. Tip: I use a VERY very tiny bit of boiled water to dissolve the green tea and cocoa powder. It makes it easier to work with. Remember to cut the brown dough in quarters
7. Let it rest and rise in a warm area for approx 20mins. Keep covered so the dough doesn't dry out.
8. Roll the green dough out flat (keep unused dough covered). Use your bread tin to approximate how big to roll it. Cut a portion off the bottom strip and put aside
9. Roll 2 brown dough into 2 long strips (ears) and place onto the green dough. Then using the remaining green dough (which was set aside earlier), roll it into a strip and place in between the ears
10. Repeat the above step using the plain white dough (this doesn't need to be as big as the green dough) and remaining 2 quartered brown dough (eyes)
11. Wrap and seal the White dough using water or milk if necessary
12. Wrap and seal green dough using water or milk if necessary
13. Place in a greased bread tin (ugly side down of course) and let it prove in a warm area (I just place it in a cold oven with a bowl of boiled water to create a sauna for the dough :p)
14. Once the dough has risen, remove from oven and preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
15. Place bread in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25mins.
16. Turn onto cooling rack and let it cool before you slice
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