Soft Buttery Danish Loaf

Wow....can you imagine how time flies! It's already middle of the year 2012. I have been extremely busy for the past couple of weeks. Wish to have something to pamper myself. I am so craving for some danish bread lately and have made a loaf of danish bread on last weekend. Phew....finally can stuffed my mouth full and enjoy it slowly the next day with my coffee.Is this what life is all about ???? :o)

However, here's the recipe.

Ingredients :
400gm  bread flour
100gm   all purpose flour
80gm  sugar
20gm   yeast (I used 2 tbsp)
2 eggs, beaten
150ml  water
60gm   butter
1 tspn  salt

*200gm   butter
(at room temperature then slice into pieces)


Method :
(1) combine flour, sugar. yeast, eggs & water into a big bowl and stir to form a soft dough.
(2) add in butter & salt and knead to combine and then set aside to rest for an hour or till double it size.
(3) now, punch dough to release air then place it to working table and knead to smooth.
(4) roll dough into rectangle shape and place in butter. For further instruction, please follow here. To make it easier, I didn't used chilled butter. It works quicker than usual cause saving me a lot of rolling process.
(5) keep the finished dough chilled before dividing & braiding.
(6) place braided dough to a 4.5x4.5x10" greased loaf pan or separate them into two smaller trays.
(7) bake at preheated oven 180'C for about 25-30 mins or till golden brown.
(8) cooled for 5 mins before removing the hot loaf from tray.

This is a very very soft loaf, so must handle with care. May be it will look better to bake in smaller trays. Overall it looks great & inviting. The crust is absolutely stunning. Really really crispy. Yeah, too soft and too heavy to handle....so must separate it into two smaller loaves the next time. Guess what? Probably life is all about self satisfaction. And mine is the cheapest one! haha....
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I'm sending this to Wild Yeast @ Yeastspotting & BYOB.