My Mind Patch: Dried Fruits Bread Roll

Home-baked bread not only let the family enjoyed the freshest bread, but also with some thoughts, gave a healthier version of bread to the family. In this recipe, I reduced the usual 20g of butter by 10g, and gave the bread dough a higher proportion of superfine wholegrain flour to in a quest for a healthier bread. In spite of these changes, the bread was still soft and nice 😋

I love the soft colour tone of the bread crusts, too 😍

🔅Yield: 8 bread rolls in a pan

🔅Pan size: 27Lx18Wx3.5H cm

🔅Raw dough weight: 530g

🔅1st proofing: overnight in fridge.

Thaw for 90 minutes before shaping.

🔅2nd proofing: 40 minutes.

🔅Baking temperature: Preheat oven to 190℃ for about 10 minutes. After closing the oven door, reduce temperature to 180℃ for 12 minutes, reduce to 170℃ for 5 minutes, turn off the oven and let the breads bake for another 2 minutes, or till the tops are golden brown.

Ingredients

200g superior bread flour

30g superfine wholegrain flour

30g raw sugar

2g instant dry yeast

50g natural yeast/sourdough, 100% hydration*

30g yudane dough^

125g low-fat milk, cold

10g condensed milk

5g whipping cream

10g beaten egg

30g cold water, to be added depending on dough condition

3g low sodium salt

10g unsalted butter, softened

Filling

20g dried cranberries, soaked in hot water for 1 minute, drained and cut into smaller bits.

15g raisins, soaked in hot water for 1 minute, drained and cut into smaller bits.

10g homemade candied mandarin orange peel

Toppings

Apply egg wash (8g beaten egg + 3g whipping cream) before baking.

* 50g natural yeast can be replaced by 25g of bread flour and 25g of water + 1/8 tsp instant dry yeast. Let the mixture stand for about 1 hour or more till it doubles in volume, before use. You can also keep the mixture in the fridge overnight and thaw it for 1 hour before use.

^ 30g yudane dough is prepared by combining 16g of bread flour with 16g of very hot or boiling water into a sticky dough. Wrap the yudane dough in cling wrap, and cool down before use. Use a silicone spatula to scrape out the sticky yudane dough from the cling wrap.

Directions:

1. Knead the dough following your preferred method.

For my method, you can refer to my recipe Yudane Milk Bread.

2. After kneading the dough to window pane, shape the dough into a ball, and keep in a plastic bag coated with a little cooking oil. Keep in a second plastic bag before keeping the dough in the fridge overnight.

3. In the next day, remove the outer plastic bag, invert the dough, and let the dough thaw at room temperature for about 90 minutes.

4. While waiting for the dough to thaw, line a 27Lx18Wx3.5H cm pan with parchment paper. Set it aside.

5. Turn the dough onto a floured worktop, deflate, and divide into 8 portions.

Shape into 8 balls, cover with a plastic sheet or towel, and rest for 15 minutes

6. Roll flat a dough, spread about 6 to 7g of mixed dried fruits in the middle area,

fold in the two wings to the middle line.

Join the two outer edges together and roll up like a cigar.

7. Place the rolled dough into the prepared bread pans. Spray some water over, and let them proof in a cold oven for about 40 minutes, or till the shaped dough touching each other.

40 minutes later 👇

8. Start to preheat oven to 190℃ for about 10 minutes.

While waiting, brush a coat of egg and whipping cream mixture over the top.

9. After closing the oven door, reduce temperature to 180℃ and bake for 12 minutes, reduce to 170℃ for 5 minutes, turn off the oven and let the breads bake for another 2 minutes, or till the tops appear soft golden brown