Chocolate Malt Loaf
By: pepsakoy
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 1:50am

Ingredients




300 grams bread flour
2 tablespoons heaped  dried milk powder
1/4 teaspoon heaped  salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
45 grams butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup chocolate malt drink powder (milo/ovaltine)
1 large egg
egg wash

Preparation

1 In a saucepan, add the butter and milk ,heat until the butter has melted. remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the malt powder and stir to dissolve. Leave to cool until warm. 2 Mix the flour, milk powder, salt, sugar and yeast together in a mixing bowl.When the malt mixture are warm enough, then pour it into the flour mixture, add the egg and using a dough hook at low speed to mix everything to form a dough. Increase speed to medium and continue kneading for 10-15 minutes until the dough becomes smoot and elastic. Turn out onto a working surface and knead by hands for a few more minutes to finish up. Place the dough into a slightly greased bowl,cover with cling film and let it rise in a warm place for 1-1.5 hours. 3 Punch the dough down to deflate. Knead lightly for a few seconds, then shape the dough into a plump sausage form and place it into a greased loaf tin (8.5*4.5) ,cover with cling film and leave it to rise again for 45-60 minutes. 4 Preheat the oven to 375F. Brush the dough top with egg wash and bake it for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped. Cool on a wire rack before slicing and serve.

About


I made this loaf to experiment something new in my bread making era..