Matcha Christmas Tree Bread |
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Prep Time: 120 Minutes Cook Time: 2 Minutes |
Ready In: 122 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Everyone loves playing with dough. It's the best part of bread baking and the creativity is endless. It's even better when it tastes good and adds fun to a party. My dough rose so well, it came out an obese Christmas tree, as my son called it. Next time, I'll have to make the branches thinner. Ingredients:
1 cup water |
4 teaspoons oil, 56g (half vegetable oil and half butter) |
3 cups bread flour, 360g (up to half can be wholewheat flour) |
3 teaspoons japanese green tea powder (matcha) |
1 3/4 teaspoons salt |
2 teaspoons sugar |
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast |
1/2 cup dried cranberries, chopped |
6 plum tomatoes, halved |
Directions:
1. Put into the bread machine the water, oil, flour, tea powder, salt, sugar, yeast, and dried cranberries. Use the dough cycle.
2. Form the resulting dough into a tall triangle lying down on a floured pan. With scissors, cut 5 branches on each side. Pat flour on each branch and twist and swirl it outward.
3. For the top end, pinch to form a tree top. For the lower end, tuck all the leftover dough under the tree trunk.
4. Cut small openings and insert tomato halves.
5. Place in a warm place until doubled in size. Spray with water and bake at 180degrees 20-30min. (Or until the color is right and inside measures 80 degrees Celsius.).
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