Cream Cheese Bread

A Passion for Bread........Bread is a rich and fascinating source of exciting recipes and expert information.  Bread has enduring culinary and cultural significance all around the world.  The making of bread requires little more than a pair of your hands, an oven, patience and of course a love or passionJ.  Here I would like to share my first experience on making bread, the Cream Cheese Bread.  If you want me to tell you my feeling on bread making – Bread is Alive!  Happy Trying!

Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 kg bread flour
• 15g instant dried yeast
• 55g milk powder
• 60g sugar
• 100g butter
• 100g cream cheese
• 600g water
• 20g salt
• 1 egg – beaten

Directions:

• Hand-mix  bread flour, instant dried yeast, milk powder, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. 
• Add in cream cheese and water and knead to form a dough.
• Add in butter, continue to knead to form a smooth and elastic dough.
• Shape the dough as for a long loaf and place into a greased loaf tin.
• Cover dough with clear film or a towel.  Let it prove for 50 – 60 minutes, or till it doubles its size.
• Brush with beaten egg and bake in an oven pre-heated to 180◦C for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Cream cheese adds a creamy and cheesy aroma to white bread.  It is ideal for sandwiching smoked salmon and other smoked meats.

The dough-making

Kneeding & Shaping

Place dough into the loaf tin

Bread is ready

Cream Cheese Bread is ready to serve