Homemade bread is a staple in many households for Christmas in Trinidad and Tobago. A traditional breakfast is the iconic freshly baked bread with ham and chow chow. Learn how to bake a perfect loaf. Use that same dough to create cinnamon rolls!
Ingredients
Main Dough
- 6 cups Cuisine Flour
- 1 tbsp White Sugar
- 1 Packet Yeast
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 cups Water
Cinnamon Sugar Mixture
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- ½ cup Raisins
Instructions
- Grease 2 loaf pans.
- In a bowl add the flour, sugar, yeast, salt and baking powder. Combine well and add butter.
- Incorporate the butter into the dough .Note: (see video for this method )
- Add at least half of the water and knead the dough. Note: ( see video for this method )
- Flour a surface and knead to smoothen out the dough for about 3 minutes until soft.
- Place the dough into a bowl and allow the dough to proof (rise) for 30 minutes.
- Pouch down the dough and knead the dough on a floured surface for another 2 minutes.
- Divide the dough into two equal amounts.
- Take one of the dough’s and form a loaf by doing the “roll and tuck method” Note: ( see video for this method)
- Place into greased pan.
- Take the next dough and stretch by making a rectangle shape. Note: ( see video for this method)
- Mix cinnamon and brown sugar.
- Apply softened butter to the dough making sure the entire surface has been touched.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar and raisins on top.
- Gentle press down the cinnamon sugar and raisin into the dough
- Repeat the “roll and tuck method”. Flattened the end of the bread for the last roll and press in the ends. Place into pan.
- Allow the dough’s to rest for another 30 minutes.
- Place into the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve hot and enjoy
Video
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