Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread
Christmas tree pull apart bread is a perfect holiday recipe. Shaped in a triangle tree, this pull apart bread is not only beautiful but delicious. Incredibly easy to make and fun to play with the filling. Stuff that bread with strawberry jam and chocolate chips, sprinkle it with a hint of cinnamon powder and bake until golden and you have a beautiful and delicious festive sweet treat.
Equipment
- OTG
- Mixing bowl
- 240 ml measuring cup set
Ingredients
- 1½ cup whole wheat flour (192 grams)
- ½ teaspoon instant yeast
- ½ cup whole milk warm
- 2 tablespoon butter soft
- 2-3 tablespoon sugar
- pinch of salt
- ¼ cup jam (4 tablespoon)
- ¼ cup chocolate chips (4 tablespoon)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder (optional)
Instructions
For The Dough:
- Sieve the flour and salt and mix well together and set aside.
- In a bowl, add the warm milk, sugar, instant yeast and soft butter. Mix until well combined.
- Now add the flour to the yeast mixture and stir to combine.
- Dust lightly the work surface with flour. Now knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it turns soft and non-sticky.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl and grease the dough lightly. Cling wrap it and allow to proof in a warm place for 1-2 hours or until doubled. It took only 1 hour for me. Proofing time will vary according to the climatic conditions of the place.
FOR THE PULL APART CHRISTMAS TREE:
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Line a baking tray with a baking mat or parchment paper. If you dont have them, just grease the baking tray nicely with oil or butter.
- After the first proofing the dough will double in size. Gently deflate the dough and turn out onto a cleaned surface.
- Divide the dough in two and roll them out with a rolling pin into a 2-3 mm rectangle sheet.
- Transfer one of the rolled sheet to a parchment paper and cut into a triangle tree shape using a knife or pizza cutter.
- Now on the shaped tree evenly spread the jam. Sprinkle some cinnamon powder. Spread the chocolate chips all around the tree.
- Place the second sheet over it. Trim edges into a triangle shape.
- Reserve the trimmings, you can make one more tree out of it. When working with the dough, just keep it covered with a moist cloth to keep it from drying out.
- Cut strips of dough and twist gently, pinching the dough firmly together to seal closed.
- Make a star with the trimmings and place it on top of the tree.
- Cover the prepared tree and let it rest for 25-30 minutes.
- Brush the tree nicely with milk wash and bake at preheated oven @180°C for 18-20 minutes or until the tree just begins to brown.
- Once out of oven grease butter immediately and cover it with a cloth and stand for 5-10 minutes.
- You can dust it lightly with powdered sugar, it looks beautiful. Enjoy it warm or after cooling down completely.
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Notes
- Always preheat oven and bake your goodies at preheated oven.
- You can use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour.
- Butter can be substituted with oil.
- To make this bread vegan use water and oil for the dough.
- 15-20 minutes is more than enough. Do not over bake it. You want to only bake it till that the breas stays moist and doughy, otherwise it will turn crisp like a cookie.
- Use any filling of your choice .
- You can make it a savoury version by adding cheese and herbs, veggies and meat.
- Baking time will vary from oven to oven, so start checking from 15 minutes onwards.