Looking for a well-known recipe with proven success? Give a twist to a pull-apart bread to get this delicious Cinnamon star bread not only for Xmas!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 2 hourshours
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours20 minutesminutes
Ingredients
Bread:
5cup/ 600g Flour
1cup/ 250ml milk
10gFresh yeast
1tablespoonHoney or sweetener of choice
7tablespoon/ 100g Butterunsalted, room temperature
3Eggs
1tablespoonVanilla extract
Chocolate Filling:
14tablespoon/ 200g Butterroom temperature
3tablespoonHoney or sweetener of choice
4tablespoonCocoa powderunsweetened
One extra egga drop of honey and a drop of vanilla extract for egg washing the top of the bread
Cinnamon Filling:
4tablespoon/ 50g Butter
1tablespoonHoney other sweetener of choice
1½tablespoonCinnamonground
One extra egga drop of honey and a drop of vanilla extract for egg washing the top of the bread
Instructions
Base:
Put fresh yeast into the lukewarm milk to dissolve.
Measure flour, butter, vanilla essence and honey to put it in a medium size mixing bowl.
Break eggs and put them into the bowl as well.
Pour yeasty milk on top of the flour mixture.
Knead it until it's even and the dough is off the side of the mixing bowl.
Cover the bowl and leave it in a warm place for an hour to raise.
After an hour take the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface.
Divide it into 4 equal pieces.
Make dough balls out of them.
Find a warm place aside to place them not too close to each other, and cover them with a kitchen towel for another half an hour to raise more.
Filling:
Choose one of the fillings then put all the ingredients that belongs to it in a bowl.
Whisk them together until butter gets a creamy, easy to spread texture.
Asssembly:
Start working with the first dough-ball. Place it on a well-floured surface and strew it in a circle shape that fits in the backing tray with a help of a rolling pin.
Place it on the baking tray.
Spread one third of the chocolate cream evenly on top.
Roll the second dough ball and place it on top of the first one.
Spread the third of the chocolate cream on top.
Repeat the same process with the other dough ball then put the last one on top without the chocolate topping.
Place a round cup in the middle of the dough to make sure not to cut the middle.
With a sharp knife or a cutter slice the bread into 16 even pieces.
Take two pieces and spin them outwards 3 times then pinch the ends together to make a pointy end.
Repeat it with the remaining pieces.
Cover it with a kitchen towel and leave it in a warm place for another half an hour before putting it into the preheated oven. Fear not if the turning and pinching fails at first try. It will still be delicious.
Preheat oven to 350°F / 180°C.
Break an egg and mix it with a drop of honey and vanilla extract.
Brush egg on top of the bread before putting it into the preheated oven.
Bake it in the oven for half an hour or until the top is golden brown.