Delicious bake tea bread recipe
Tea bread is best enjoyed when freshly removed from the oven whiles hot.
Ingredients
- 1 cup bread flour
- 1 sachet dry action yeast
- 1/2 butter or margarine
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 flour for dusting
Instructions
- Add and mix salt, flour, sugar, butter and yeast to a mixing bowl.
- Add 1/4 lukewarm water and mix to together using an electric hand mixer or whisker.
- Combined mixture until dough is formed, increase the speed and whisk for 7-10 minutes or until you have a shiny soft dough. (if the dough is too hard, add enough lukewarm water)
- Add some flour in a bowl and roll the dough into a round shape above in a bowl.
- Cover the dough with a kitchen napkin, soaked in warm water and leave the dough in a warm area inside your oven for an hour. (The dough will double in size)
- Dust a clean surface with some flour and place the dough in the middle.
- Knock the wind out of the dough and roll into a round shape.
- Using a knife, divide the dough in two, shape it into an oblong shape
- Line a baking tray with a baking sheet then sprinkle with flour.
- Transfer the oblong-shaped dough to the baking tray.
- Cover with a warm wet napkin. Then place the dough in a warm place for about an hour.
- The dough will double up in size again.
- Preheat your oven to 380*c
- Place the bread in the middle of the oven.
- Add half a cup of water in another baking tray,and place in the bottom of the oven.
- Bake the bread for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean or pale beige colour is formed.
- Remove the bread from the oven, cover with and leave it to rest for about 5 minutes.
- Serve with Butter, Jam, Avocados, Hausa Koko, etc.
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The water under the baking bread will provide steam in the oven, which helps the dough to cook well within and gives the bread a light crust.Nutrition
Calories: 298kcal
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