Sunday, May 27, 2012

Sweet Milk Bread

Most of the kids develop special liking to a particular food and then it gets very difficult to wean them off from it. My kiddo is very fond of this specific brand of milk bread, and she is so used to it that she finds other breads almost inedible. The advantage of living here in Dubai is that we get so many varieties of almost everything. Big supermarkets have their own bakeries and they produce dozens of kinds of breads, you name the type of bread and you are sure to get it fresh. 

So why am I baking bread when it's so readily available for under 5 Dhs for a large packet.........

It's my kiddos love for milk bread which tempted me to make it for her, and I was really happy with the result. The bread turned out to be very soft and mildly sweet with subtle flavours of cardamom and saffron. And my stubborn kid who always wants her bread toasted loved this bread to the core...she smothered the bread with nutella and enjoyed it warm straight out of the oven.


Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour- 3 Cups
Active Dry Yeast- 1.5 Tsp
Saffron- A big pinch 
Milk- 2 Tbsp
Condensed Milk- 1/4 Cup (See notes at the bottom of the post)
Salt- 1 Tsp
Butter- 2 Tbsp
Cardamom Powder- 1/4 Tsp
Luke Warm Water- 1 1/2 Cup Approximately

Procedure:

 Soak saffron in 2 tbsp of warm milk.


In a large bowl take all purpose flour and add salt, cardamom powder and yeast.


Melt the butter and let it cool, once cool add it in the flour mixture.



  Now add in milk infused with saffron and condensed milk.

Add water little by little and make a soft dough by kneading for atleast 5-6 minutes. The dough will be little sticky. Transfer the dough in an oiled bowl and cover with a cling film or damp kitchen towel. Keep the bowl in a warm place and allow it to rise so that it doubles in sizes, this will take around 45 minutes to 1 hour. We have very hot and humid weather here and my dough took around 35-40 minutes to double in size.


Once the dough has risen, punch it back and knead again for another minute or so. Place the dough in a greased loaf pan and cover it. Let it again rest for another 45 minutes.


Brush the top of the dough with little melted butter and keep the risen dough in pre heated oven at 180 Degrees C and bake it for 35-40 minutes or till the crust turns golden brown in colour. Keep an eye during the last few minutes as I did not and  my loaf's crust turned dark brown. When tapped the bread should sound hollow. Invert the bread onto a cooling rack and when it gets little cool, cut it into pieces. 


Notes:  My loaf turned out to be mildly sweet, but for a sweeter version instead of 1/4 cup add in about 1/2 cup of condensed milk and reduce the amount of water proportionately.









28 comments:

  1. this bread looks really awesome. bookmarked

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  2. Even if it is more expensive making bread at home, the quality and taste would be hard to beat! I am sure the kids loved it.

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  3. lovely bread and the yeast made it rise so well.

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  4. That looks so perfect!!! Too good

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  5. Awesome bread, looks so good n perfect bake...

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  6. This sounds very child-friendly! I love the addition of cardamom and saffron. I wonder how this would be as a braid? :)

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  7. what could be so tempting like a freshly baked bread. I can feel the softness of the milk bread, Raji :-)

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  8. Nice white bread, Perfectly done!!! like to additional saffron.....

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  9. Wish to have few slices rite now, cant take my eyes from ur first click, love the addition of saffrons, prefect sweet bread for snacks.

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  10. I am looking at a really perfect recipe. I love how it looks and I am sure it tastes really amazing. I do not have much luck with kneading. I hope I can make this as effortlessly as you did yours. Thanks!

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  11. Good to see you post recipes back Raji. This looks so soft and awesome photography! Loved the recipe...

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  12. You come up with the most remarkable of recipes. Have to try this bread version. Reminds me of the bread that I used to have when I was a kid.

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  13. Awesome recipe...looks so tempting and perfectly made.Lovely clicks.

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  14. Lovely tempting bread,kids will surely love it!!

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  15. all i need is condensed milk, but be sure I'll make this loaf soon. I can't wait to enjoy it warm from the oven with some butter. Hmm

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  16. very soft and moist ..lovely recipe..In fact I was looking for a eggless milk bread recipe.soon I will try this:)

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  17. Looks so yumm...love the smell of freshly baked bread..wanna try this

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  18. Wow, it looks so moist, I love this recipe:-) Beautiful, Hugs, Terra

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  19. I've never had milk bread it looks and sounds delicious.

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  20. wow.. this looks soooo yumm.. BTW, is it teh bread basket bread taht ur kiddo has fallen for?? cos i lovee it.. i refuse ti try other breads.. may be when i get fed up or bake my own:)

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  21. Hmm, this looks really awesome. I would always prfer a warm, selfbaked bread! Yummie. Your pic makes me want to hava a piece of this and though I can't get it at least a spoonful nutella. :-)

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