Bread base for rolls (i.e - cinnamon)

 

Ive started making these weekly now! They're a lovely snack, can be filled with anything and are cheap and easy to make.

 

 

575g strong flour

300ml warm water

4 tblsp oil

2 tblsp yeast

3 tblsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

 

Mix the water and yeast together with the sugar and set aside to froth up.

 

And measure your flour into a bowl with the salt.

That froth means the yeast is working!

Add the egg and oil and beat together.

 

 

 

Pour into the flour.

 

 

 

And mix into a rough dough. We used a plastic chopstick, its a trick I got from another baker. Because its so much easier to clean sticky dough off that than it is a wooden spoon.

 

When its roughly mixed up, tip onto a floured surface and knead well.

 



This dough is very soft and elastic, easy to knead.

 

Then leave it in a covered bowl to prove until doubled in size. In a warm kitchen this can only take about half an hour or so.

 

 

 

Divide the dough into half and roll into a rectangle.

 

Spread a thin layer of butter across.

 

Make some cinnamon sugar (just mix sugar and ground cinnamon together) and sprinkle across the dough.

 

 Roll up tightly.

 

 

Use a sharp knife to cut swirls around 1-2" wide.

 

Place on a greased baking tray.

 

The other half we spread with pesto and sprinkled some parmesan.

 

The ones on the right have puffed up a little bit, you want to leave them about 10-15mins to prove again.

 

Bake on 180 for about 20mins or so.

 

 

Leave to cool and box up ready for munchies! :)

 

Other variations I want to try as a filling are:

Jam

Lemon curd

Peanut butter

Tomato and cheese

Raisin
Golden syrup