Pain au lait (French Milk Bread)
Pain au lait (French Milk Bread)

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pain au lait (french milk bread). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pain au lait (French Milk Bread) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pain au lait (French Milk Bread) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pain au lait (french milk bread) using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pain au lait (French Milk Bread):
  1. Prepare A. Bread
  2. Prepare 230 g all purpose flour
  3. Take 60 g bread flour
  4. Prepare 125 g whole milk
  5. Take 40 g sugar
  6. Take 4 g instant yeast
  7. Prepare 3 g salt
  8. Prepare 1 egg (50g)
  9. Make ready 65 g unsalted butter
  10. Prepare B. Topping
  11. Make ready 30 g pearl sugar
  12. Make ready 1 egg +15ml water
Instructions to make Pain au lait (French Milk Bread):
  1. In a mixing bowl, mixed all the ingredients (exept butter) together. Use a spoon to slightly stir it until it form a sticky dough. Use the dough hook in the machine to beat the dough at medium to low speed for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, add butter change from medium to high speed for about 7 minutes until the dough is smooth and leaves the side of the mixing bowl.
  2. Transfer the dough out to a lightly floured surface. Lightly knead Lightly knead, shape into a ball. Cover the dough with a wet towel or clingy wrap in the process of proofing.
  3. Let it proof 30 minutes.
  4. Divide into 6-8 equal portions. Cover by clingy wrap and rest 10’.
  5. Roll the dough into a long cylindrical shape. Transfer the dough to the baking tray and and let it proof until it is double to triple in size (about 60’).
  6. Preheat the oven to 210oC. Prepare 2 cups of boiling water to be put in 2 different corner of the oven.
  7. Once the proofing is done, brush the dough with egg wash and use scizzor to make zigzag cut.
  8. Sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
  9. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the bread is golden brown.
  10. Ta da…
  11. So soft inside!
  12. Best served with a cup of milk coffee.
  13. Lovely bread!

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