Breadmaker Green Tea Loaf 面包机绿茶吐司

A soft and slightly sweetened green tea bread conveniently baked in a bread maker :)

Using a 250ml-pack of mildly sweetened  jasmine green tea drink as the main liquid ingredients.

Yield: one 12x12x13cm loaf

Bread weight: ~461g

Raw dough weight: 504g

Breadmaker: Mayer MMBM12

Ingredients A

150g cold jasmine green tea* 

25g raw sugar

1/4 tsp salt

25g beaten egg

20g coconut/vegetable oil

Ingredient B

235g Prima bread flour 

25g Prima superfine wholegrain flour

10g milk powder 

1 tsp matcha powder (optional)

Ingredient C

3/4 tsp instant dry yeast

Topping

Some bread flour for sprinkling

Directions

1. Pour ingredient A into the bread pan.

2. Mix ingredient B before adding on top of ingredient A. 

You may omit matcha/green tea powder if you prefer a mild green tea taste.

3. Dig a hole in the centre of the flour, and pour ingredient C in.

4. Transfer the bread pan to the bread machine. Select "C-02 Sweet Bread" function, "500g" weight, "light" crust colour, and activate it.

5. When the countdown timer read "1:30" h, a few beeps can be heard. Pause the program by pressing the "Stop/Start" button.

6. Take out the dough, and remove the kneading blade.

Place the dough onto a floured surface. Flatten it with your palm to release the trapped air.

7. Roll out the dough into about a 1.5cm thick flat dough.

Flip over the dough, so the smoother side will be facing out when roll up.

Roll up the dough from both the shorter ends towards the centre.

To me, this method of rolling up the dough would better accommodate the turning pin protruding from the base of bread pan. 

Turn over.

8. Return the dough to the bread pan, spray some water, and press the "stop/start" button to resume the proofing program.

9. When the countdown timer reads "0:46" h, press the "stop/start" buttom to pause the program.

Sprinkle some flour over the top.

Press the "stop/start" button to resume. The baking process will start at "0:45"h.

10. Cover the bread maker window with a sheet of aluminum foil. This is to minimize heat loss through the window.

11. The bread is ready *\(^o^)/* 

12. Remove the bread from the bread pan and cool on a wire rack.

13. After the bread has cooled down completely, slice the bread and enjoy :)