Ho...Ho...Ho...Santa Claus is coming to my house :D Time fly really fast. Now is the last month of year 2012. In December month lots of Christmas bakes appear in blog sphere. Me too don't want to miss the opportunity having fun in my kitchen.
I like the beard ^^
I saw this Santa here. I think this is great way to serve bread for Christmas. Therefore I give this Santa a try. Do you think I have done a good job? ^^ Actually still has room to improve. Due to time constrain I'm not able to take step-by-step photos. Don't worry! Here is the click for pictures on how Santa is being shaped. Have fun!
Santa shaping from Taste of Home Recipes Ingredients:
(A)
250g bread flour
50g cake flour
30g sugar
1/4 tsp salt
15g milk powder
3g instant yeast (1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp)
30g whole egg
150g water
20g butter, cut into small pieces
(B) Deco 1 yolk (egg wash) Tiny drop of red food colouring Raisins for eyes
Methods:
1. Place all ingredients (except butter) into kneading bowl. Knead until form dough.
2. Add butter and continue knead till the dough can be stretched to form a "window panel".
3. Shape the dough into round shape. Place inside bowl, cover and leave to proof for 1 hour 15 minutes.
4. De-gas dough on a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 2 portions with one portion smaller.
5. Shape the larger portion into big triangle with rounded corners for Santa's head and hat.
6. Divide the smaller portion into 2 equal parts. Shape one part into beard. Use scissor or pizza cutter cut the flatten dough into strips about ½ cm wide. Carefully place at Santa's face, twist and curl the strips as you like.
7. Divide the remaining dough for mustache, nose, hat pom-pom and brim. For mustache; flatten the dough and cut the end into small strips. Place above beard. Place a small ball above mustache for nose. Fold tip of hat over and add another ball for pom-pom. Lastly roll out a narrow piece of dough to create hat brim; position under hat. Leave to proof for 30 minutes.
8. Apply egg wash on Santa. With the balance yolk, add tiny drop of red food colouring. Carefully apply on Santa's hat, nose and cheek. With a scissor make 2 slits and gently insert raisins for eyes.
9. Bake in preheated oven 170C for 15 minutes. Then increase to 180C and bake for another 10 minutes.
*Rotate Santa to get even brown color.
*If certain parts of Santa brown too fast cover with aluminum foil.
10. Remove from oven and place it on wire rack to cool.
I'm submitting this post to
~ Aspiring Bakers #26 – Creative Christmas Motif Bakes! hosted by Alan of Travellingfoodies
~BYOB - #BakeYourOwnBread hosted by -Heather from girlichef and Conniefrom My Discovery of Bread
~Recipe Box# 26 hosted by Bizzy Bakes
~December AlphaBakes challenge with letter 'S' hosted by The More than Occasional Baker and Caroline Makes
