Welcome to our Holiday Bakealong challenge. Each month, we’ll announce a new recipe for you to try, along with helpful tips and step-by-step instructions here on our blog. We invite you to bake one of our favorite holiday recipes, this stunning Cinnamon Star Bread, then share a photo of your creation, tagging it #bakealong. Enjoy!
You want to bake something extra-special for the holidays. A real show-stopper, as delicious as it is gorgeous. Not only is this loaf gorgeous; it’s your best cinnamon bun dream come true. Multiple layers of cinnamon-sugar encased in tender bread beg you to pull apart, slice, or nibble. Each warm and aromatic bite is better than the last.
CINNAMON STAR BREAD
For the Dough
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup instant potato flakes
1/4 cup nonfat milk powder
3/4 cup+ 2 to 4 tablespoons lukewarm water
1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons instant yeast
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon kitchen salt
For the Cinnamon Filling
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Method:
- Sift the flour, potato flour, and dry milk through a strainer to prevent any lumps.
- Combine all dough ingredients and knead by hand to make a soft, smooth dough.
- Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover and let it rise for 60 minutes, until doubled.
- Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Shape each into a ball and rest for 15 minutes.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1 piece of dough into a 10-inch circle.
- Place circle on a piece of parchment, brush a thin coat of beaten egg on surface.
- Sprinkle with 1/3 of cinnamon-sugar, leave 1/4″ of bare dough around perimeter.
- Roll out a second circle the same size as the first and place it on top of first circle.
- Repeat layering process with egg, cinnamon sugar, dough, leaving top circle bare.
- Place a 2 1/2″ to 3″ round cookie cutter in the center of the dough circle as a guide.
- Cut the circle into 16 equal strips, from the cutter to the edge, through all the layer.
- Using two hands, pick up 2 adjacent strips. Twist them away from each other twice.
- Repeat with the remaining strips of dough so that you end up with 8 pairs of strips.
- Pinch pairs of strips together to create star shape with eight points. Remove cutter.
- Transfer star on the parchment to a baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush with egg and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until golden.
- Remove bread from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
- Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve warm or at room temperature. Serves 10.
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