Flower Bread

Here is one more recipe of a home made round bread:

Flower Bread

Ingredients:

3 eggs

4 cups flour ( I used 2 all purpose, 2 whole wheat)

1 and 1/2 cup yogurt

1/2 cup oil

1 tablespoon yeast

1 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons warm water

Method:

Mix 2 tablespoons warm water with sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, yeast and a teaspoon flour. Let it rest for 10-15 mins in a warm dark place.

Grease and 9 inch round baking pan.

In a bowl mix the flour and rest of the salt. 

Pull the flour to the ends of the bowl and pour in the center the yeast, oil and yogurt.

Start mixing until it forms a dough. Transfer to a floured flat surface and start to knit until the dough is smooth, 10-15 mins. The more you knit the dough, the better and not only for this bread, for most of them unless is stated otherwise!!! 

If you need add more flour to the working area, make sure the dough doesn't stick to the flat surface you are using to knit it! 

Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl and cover with a towel. Keep in a warm and dark place until it doubles it size, around 1 or 1:30 hour. I usually preheat the oven little bit  and let the dough rest there. It works great for me :). Do not open the oven until you are ready to use it again. Start the light to check how it is doing if you need to.

Next, you will take the dough and separate one big piece for the center, 8 small for the flower petal, and 6 smaller for the rest of the flower pieces.

Form a round ball  and place it in the middle of the baking dish. Take each of the bigger 8 pieces and roll them out to a rectangle shape, then just roll them and place around the big circle. Do same with the smaller pieces and place them in between the big 8 petals.

Cover with towel and let it rest for 30 min in a warm dark place again. The dough will rise. Brush oil or egg yoke on top if you wish, you can also spread some sesame seeds, or sea salt. IN case you are brushing the top with an egg, do not use cold egg straight from the fridge. It needs to be room temperature. If the egg is cold it will make the risen bread flatten immediately and the bread wont bake well.

Bake in preheated to 350 oven for about 30-35 mins

Before taking it out check with tooth peek if its ready. Insert the tooth peek in the middle of the bred, if it comes out clean the bread is ready, if it's sticky you need to bake it for some more time. Keep checking every 5 mins.

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TIPS:

Make sure you always have extra flour handy in case you need more to form a soft, non sticky dough.

If the dough seems too dry, oil your hands and knit it until it feels smooth. You may need to add some more oil to it, that is fine, just work with very small amount at a time. Enjoy!