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Chocolate Cinnamon Bakallah Bread

Chocolate Cinnamon Bakallah Bread

Course: Recipes, Dessert

This is a really delicious enriched bread plaited with chocolate and cinnamon.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup whole milk

  • 35g active dry yeast

  • 4 large egg yolks

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 1/2 unsalted, melted butter, cooled

  • 1/3 granulated sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more

  • Filling and Assembly 
  • 170g dark chocolate

  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar

  • 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • flour for surface

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature

  • 1 large egg yolk

  • granulated sugar for sprinkling

Directions

  • Dough
  • Heat milk in a small saucepan until warm.

    Transfer to a large bowl and whisk in yeast; let sit until foamy, 5 – 10 minutes.
  • Whisk in egg yolks, vanilla, and 1/2 cup melted butter.

    Add sugar, salt, and 3 cups flour; mix until a shaggy dough forms. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until supple, smooth, and no longer shiny, 5 – 10 minutes.
  • Transfer to a large buttered bowl. Cover and let sit in a warm place until doubled in size, around 1.5 – 2.5 hours.
  • Filling and Assembly
  • Mix chocolate, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface; divide into three portions.

    Shape each into a 12″ long rope.
    Roll out each rope to a 12×6″ rectangle about 1/8″ thick.

    Brush with butter and top with chocolate mixture, pressing gently.
    Roll up to form a log, pinch seam to seal.
  • Place logs, seam side down on a lined baking sheet.

    Pinch them together at one end and then gently braid them as best you can.

    Pinch the ends together and then cover with a cloth and allow to rest for another 1 – 2 hours, until it’s about 1.5 times bigger.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C. 

    Lightly beat the egg yolk with 1 tblsp water, and then brush it over the top of the bakallah.

    Sprinkle with granulated sugar and place in the oven for 35 – 45 minutes, or until the bottom sounds hollow when you tap it.

    Allow to cool and devour!

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