Some pretty chocolate swirls in the a bread similar to Pan de Hojaldre.
Ingredients:
- 2-3 cups bread flour
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1.5 cups water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons active yeast
- 2 Tablespoons organic cocoa powder
- oil for greasing
Directions:
- Warm half a cup of water and add 1 teaspoon sugar and yeast to it. Mix well
- Let it sit for 10 minutes or until frothy.
- In 1/4 cup hot water, mix in the cocoa powder and 1 Tablespoon sugar and keep aside for cooling.
- Take 1/3 of the yeast mixture, 1 (or 1.5)cup bread flour, cocoa mixture, 1 teaspoon butter and knead into a soft dough.
- In a greased mixing bowl, add the rest of the flours and salt and mix well.
- Add the remaining butter, yeast mixture, and water and knead for 8-10 minutes. ( if using stand mixer, 3-4 minute batches with intermittent scraping)
- Add more water if needed.
- Place both doughs in separate well greased containers, covered in a warm place for 2 hours.
- Knead the doughs separately into balls.
- Take both doughs and roll them out into 10 or 12 inch squares of even thickness. The chocolate dough will be about 1/8 inch thick and the regular dough about a 1/4 inch thick. Use extra flour if necessary.
- Place the chocolate dough on top on the regular dough square.
- Fold them together twice to get a smaller square.
- Roll them out again to about 10 inches square.
- Roll them like a jelly roll from one side tightly and seal the open side to the roll with water.
- Place the roll on a greased baking tray with the sealed side down.
- Make deep cuts on the roll an inch apart. Step by step and pictorial for similar shaping here http://cindystarblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/pan-de-hojaldre.html
- Spray some oil on top and cover with damp towel. Let rise for 40 minutes.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for about 40 minutes.
- Cool completely before slicing!
- Enjoy warm with butter! or dipped in hot coffee!








This sounds really interesting-- reminded me a bit of a chocolate croissant, but with a more bread-like, denser texture? Hope Chewie's doing well-- he sounds adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteI think, I saw 'Ganpati' figure in the first photograph. Though this is a food blog, felt like sharing my perspective :)
ReplyDeleteN'joy cooking :)