Golden Santa Bread by Dwita Miranti

Selamat malam madam2 host bread week,

Untuk penutupan bread week ini, saya serahin laporan lagi ya... mudah-mudahan diterima hehehhe.... sebenarnya banyak banget resep roti yang mau di coba... tapi apa daya ko kalo mikir nguleninnya itu ko jadi mundur lagi-mundur lagi... Setelah menimbang-nimbang yang mau dicoba lagi resep rotinya.. akhirnya jatuhlah pilihan ke resep si Golden Santa Bread ini, secara sebentar lagi hari raya natal.. lucu juga kali ya coba resep ini...

Aseliiii.. ngerjainnya pake LG, yang biasanya cuma ngerjain tepung 250gr, lah ini 4 cup lebih aja dulu... doooohhh yang namanya pegel bukan main rasanya... tapi pas jadi, hilang deh rasa capenya and langsung dimakan sama keponakan-keponakan yg lagi pada nginep dirumah.. and rasanya tidak mengecewakan juga hehehhe... btw resepnya diambil dari tasteofhome.com yaa...

Golden Santa Bread

Prep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 25 min. + cooling Yield: 16-18 Servings (sweet)

 

Ingredients

4 to 4 ½ cups bread flour

½ cup sugar

2 packages (¼ ounce each) active dry yeast

1 ½ teaspoons salt

½ cup milk

¼ cup water

¼ cup butter, cubed

2 eggs

2 raisins

2 egg yolks

2 to 3 drops red food coloring

 

Directions

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat the milk, water and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in the eggs until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough.

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into two portions, one slightly larger than the other.

Shape the larger portion into an elongated triangle with rounded corners for Santa's head and hat.

Divide the smaller portion in half. Shape and flatten one half into a beard. Using scissors or a pizza cutter, cut into strips to within 1 in. of top. Position on Santa's face; twist and curl strips if desired.

Use the remaining dough for the mustache, nose, hat pom-pom and brim. Shape a portion of dough into a mustache; flatten and cut the ends into small strips with scissors. Place above beard. Place a small ball above mustache for nose. Fold tip of hat over and add another ball for pom-pom. Roll out a narrow piece of dough to create a hat brim; position under hat.

With a scissors, cut two slits for eyes; insert raisins into slits. In separate small bowls, beat egg each yolk. Add red food coloring to one yolk; carefully brush over hat, nose and cheeks. Brush plain yolk over remaining dough.

Cover loosely with foil. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-12 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. 

Yield: 1 loaf.