Components

• Milk Bread Egg Wash

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all purpose flour

• 1 tbsp sugar

• ⅛ tsp salt

• ⅓ cup water, boiling

• ⅔ cup warm milk (about 100°F) [if you are in a humid climate, reduce the milk amount by 1-2 tbsp]

• 1 tsp instant yeast

• 3 large eggs

• 1½ tbsp oil

Directions

• Preheat oven to 375°F.

• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Mix with a spatula. Add boiling water and slowly incorporate.

• Microwave some cold milk for about 30 seconds or until hot; add yeast and mix.

• Pour into the flour and water mixture; add eggs and mix (The dough should be very sticky. DO NOT add more flour.)

• Rest for 20 mins with a lid on, then add oil. Oil should make the dough not sticky.

• Knead the dough until the oil is incorporated and it is sticky again. Cover and rest for 1 hour.

• After one hour, punch the dough with floured hands until you have let most of the air out. It should be about the size the dough was before resting.

• Split dough into three pieces.

• Flour a surface and roll it out, folding both ways in. Then, smooth side down, roll it out with a pin.

• With your hands, roll it into a roll (see video above) and place into a prepared bread tin. Rest in bread tin for 1 hour.

• Prepare egg wash; using a brush, baste a thin layer onto the bread dough.

• Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes.

• Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Serve by splitting the loaves open with your hands or cutting with a knife.