Giraffe Toast 长劲鹿吐司 (recipe adapted & modify slightly from Victoria Bakes)
Ingredients 300g bread flour
10g sugar
10g Liv salted butter
200g water
1 tsp instant yeast
20g cocoa powder + 3Tbsp hot water (to form a paste)
Method:1. Mix all ingredients together (except butter) & knead till you get a dough. Incorporate butter & knead till window pane stage.
2. Remove 140g dough. Knead in chocolate paste in the remaining dough. Proof both doughs for 1hr.
3. Punch dough down & divide each dough into 8 equal portions. Rest for at least 10mins.
4. Roll out one portion of chocolate dough into a flat rectangular sheet then roll up lengthwise. Take a portion of original (white) dough & roll into a flat rectangular sheet. Place rolled chocolate dough in the middle & wrap white dough around it. Seal seams well. Repeat this process till all dough has been used up
5. In a greased loaf pan, place 3 rolls on the bottom of the pan, then top with 2 rolls, then finally, 3 more rolls on the top layer. Proof till the dough reaches 80% of the height of the loaf pan.
6. Bake in preheated oven of 180 degrees for 40mins.