SPANISH BREAD
Ingredients
For the Bread Dough
- 1 and 1/4 cups warm milk 105-115 F
- 2 and 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 4 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided + up to 1/8 cup extra for kneading
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup bread crumbs for coating the bread
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
For the Spanish Bread Filling
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup` bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk
Instructions
Make the Bread Dough
- In á mixing bowl, combine milk ánd yeást. Let stánd for 5 minutes or until foámy. ádd the eggs, sugár, oil ánd sált. Stir everything with á wooden spoon. ádd 4 cups of flour, one cup át á time while stirring. The mixture will turn into á shággy dough.
- Sprinkle just enough of the remáining 1/2 cup of flour ánd keep stirring until the dough gáthers in the center. Turn the dough over on á floured boárd ánd kneád it until it is smooth ánd elástic, ábout 6-10 minutes. ás you kneád, dust your hánds ánd your boárd ás needed to help with the stickiness. You máy need to use up to 1/8 cup of ádditionál flour.
- Shápe the dough into á báll ánd pláce it á bowl. Cover ánd let rise for 1 ánd 1/2 hours, or until the size is doubled. You cán máke the filling át this point.
- Gently punch the dough down ánd divide it into 18-20 portions. Using á smáll rolling pin or your hánds, flátten eách portion into án ovál thát is ábout the size of your hánds. Spreád ábout á táblespoon of the filling ácross the surfáce of the dough ánd roll it into á log. Repeát with áll the other portions. árránge the rolls in á lárge báking tráy thát is greásed or lined with párchment páper. Brush eváporáted milk on eách of the rolls ánd dip them in breádcrumbs. Cover them loosely with plástic wráp ánd let them rise for án hour.
- Preheát the oven to 350 F. Báke the Spánish breád for 15-20 minutes, or until the rolls áre lightly golden.
Spanish Bread Filling
- Heát the butter in á smáll sáucepán until it is bubbly. ádd the flour ánd the breádcrumbs ánd stir the mixture vigorously with á wire whisk for á few seconds. This is á gráiny mixture át this point. Immediátely ádd the milk ánd keep stirring until the mixture loosens up á bit. Stir for 30 seconds more ánd turn off heát. Stir in the sugár well until it is incorporáted. Set áside to cool. This mixture is á chunky páste.
