Homemade Apple Jam Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g plain flour
• 5 g yeast
• 25 g sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 110 ml warm water
• 1 egg, beaten, divided use
• 25 g butter, softened
• 1/2 cup apple jam

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl combine flour, yeast, sugar, and salt. mix for 1 minute. next add water and half of the beaten egg. mix. add butter and mix until combined. knead by hand until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• 2 cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes. after that, punch the dough down and make a large round ball and allow it to rise for 10 minutes longer.
• 3 now take out the dough ball and roll it out with a rolling pin until you have roughly a 12 x10 inch rectangle that is about 1/4 inch thick.
• 4 place the apple jam across the dough. i used homemade apple jam but store bought is fine. spread it across the surface of the dough but leave about a 1 inch border around the entire rectangle – so the jam doesn’t ooze out. roll the dough up into a log. cut the log into 7 equal slices using a sharp knife.
• 5 place the dough slices in a greased baking pan. i staggered them, placing the cut sides beside each other and shaped the dough into a wheat stalk shape. i’ve done this in the photo above.
• 6 allow to rise for 10 minutes. next brush the remaining beaten egg over the top of the bread.
• 7 bake at 200 c for 20 minutes or until golden brown. serve and enjoy.