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Romanian Cozonac... using the tangzhong method. I know this is non the fourth dimension to portion a recipe for a sweetness bread. Summer isn't for using your oven. But I've been playing amongst a favorite recipe of mine for some fourth dimension now. It's interesting, but I detect much relaxation when it comes to working amongst staff of life doughs.
In all honesty, I haven't been cooking together with baking real much... receive got kept our meals real simple amongst the commons salads, eggs, grilled veggies together with sometimes sandwiches. However, I have, at times pulled upward quondam favorites to make... exclusively because necessity required it.... similar having guests over:). But it was fun going dorsum to my recipe index together with pulling out a few favorites to brand again... favorites similar the Best Ever Bagels, King Arthur Flour Brownies, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Romanian Mititei, together with a few others.
But several weeks ago, nosotros went to take in a friend together with I decided to brand some cozonac. Thought it would live prissy to lead something sweetness to portion amongst a loving cup of coffee. We all enjoyed it, thence I decided to portion my novel tweaking of the quondam classic Romanaian dessert that's also constitute inward my recipe index.
Ever since I tried the tangzhong method I've applied it to many yeast doughs because I rather liked the cease result. This fourth dimension I used it over again to brand my Romanaian cozonac. Loved how soft together with fluffy the cozonac came out. Pictures don't exercise justice, because I sliced it afterward I had frozen the loaves. But y'all tin meet a flake of the fluffy texture inward the in conclusion photograph upward on top...
Now, I take to nation that spell I've included amounts for the flavorings used inward the cozonac, y'all tin easily adapt the flavorings to taste. Don't live set off yesteryear non making the cozonac because y'all may non similar the rum flavor... opt to purpose vanilla instead... or y'all tin fifty-fifty add together some almond flavoring. And equally for the citrus flavorings, y'all tin stick amongst simply using lemon together with omit the orange. My married adult man loves the orangish flavour thence I add together it, but y'all tin lead to omit or fifty-fifty combine the ii citrus flavors, which is what I oftentimes do. The affair close cozonac, is that y'all desire it to receive got enough of flavor, otherwise it simply becomes a sweetness brioche bread... which isn't necessarily bad:).
In whatever case, for now, hither is some other variation to the Romanaian cozonac. I receive got to nation that I am nevertheless working on some other tweaking that I am excited to try... am hoping to arrive over again but perchance I'll expect the summertime out:). Hope y'all enjoy...
Note: The dough is on the glutinous side... thence don't experience besides tempted to add together extra flour. If take be, y'all tin add together close 1/4 loving cup extra flour... exclusively if y'all experience it actually needs it.... otherwise, simply purpose oiled hands to operate amongst the dough.
You volition need:
Nut Filling:
10 oz (or close ii 1/2 cups) finely set down walnuts
1 loving cup whole milk
3/4 loving cup sugar
1/4 loving cup cocoa
rum extract to taste(I purpose .5 oz extract) *
1 tsp orangish or lemon extract
ii tsp orangish or lemon zest
*don't similar rum, purpose vanilla extract
Tangzhong:
1/3 loving cup staff of life flour (I purpose King Arthur Flour)
1 loving cup water
Sweet Dough:
1 loving cup milk
3/4 loving cup unsalted butter
3/4 loving cup sugar
1/2-3/4 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
three eggs, beaten
three tsps orangish or lemon zest
1 TBS rum extract, or to taste*
1 tsp lemon extract
285 grams + 550 grams staff of life flour, divided
ii 1/4 tsp instant yeast
all of the cooked tangzhong
4 TBS softened butter
*don't similar rum, purpose vanilla extract
Extra:
beaten egg for brushing loaves
Directions:
Make Nut Filling: (I similar to exercise this a twenty-four hours ahead, refrigerate together with and thence lead dorsum to room temperature the twenty-four hours of baking.)
1. Place milk together with saccharide inward a medium saucepan. Heat pan on medium-low rut together with whisk mixture until saccharide dissolves..
2. Add walnuts together with hold stirring every thence often... until mixture thickens somewhat (about 10-12 minutes).
3. Add cocoa together with proceed to gear upward farther until filling thickens fifty-fifty to a greater extent than together with becomes paste-like. Add flavorings together with stir to combine.
4. Remove from rut together with laid filling aside to cool....it should thicken fifty-fifty farther equally it sits.
Make Tangzhong:
1. In a medium saucepan, whisk flour together with H2O good thence y'all don't receive got whatever lumps. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring consistently amongst a wooden spoon, whisk or spatula to forbid burning together with sticking spell y'all gear upward it.
2. The mixture becomes thicker together with thicker.... similar to a creme patisserie (thin pudding-like ). You volition notice some “lines” look inward the mixture every fourth dimension y'all stir together with the roux should autumn tardily off a whisk ... the temperature should live at 150 deg F. Remove from heat.
3. Transfer the tangzhong into a construct clean bowl. Cover amongst a cling wrap. Let cool to room temperature.
Make Sweet Dough:
1. In a saucepan, rut milk, butter together with sugar. Remove from rut together with allow cool till simply warm.
2. Add beaten eggs together with blend to incorporate, together with thence whisk inward the flavorings... lemon/orange zest, rum/vanilla.
3. In mixer bowl, add together 285 grams flour, tangzhong, instant yeast together with warm milk mixture. Using the paddle attachment mix the batter for three minutes on medium speed.
4. Remove paddle together with attach the dough hook.
5. Add 550 grams of staff of life flour together with knead for an additional seven minutes.... speed 2/3 on Kitchenaid mixer. After seven minutes, amongst mixer running, start out adding modest pieces of softened butter, waiting until each piece is fully incorporated into the dough earlier adding the next. Continue adding the residue of the butter pieces, 1 at a time, until all 4 tablespoons of butter is fully incorporated into the dough... this should receive got some other 5-7 to a greater extent than minutes of kneading. Total mixing/kneading from starting fourth dimension to goal should live close 15-18 minutes.
6. Form dough into a ball... (dough is on the sticky/tacky side)... together with comprehend amongst plastic wrap.
7. Place bowl inward a warm place(I house mine inward a slightly warm oven, gratis from draft) together with allow ascension till doubled. This commonly takes close 1 1/2- ii hours, or so.
Prepare ii (9x5) loaf pans yesteryear buttering/oiling pan together with lining amongst buttered parchment paper. This volition ensure the loaf volition non stick inward the terminal baking stage.
8. Lightly fossil oil your counter infinite together with using lightly oiled hands punch dough downwards together with take from bowl together with house on countertop.
9. Divide dough inward 4 equal pieces.
10. Lightly fossil oil a rolling pivot together with working amongst 1 piece at a time(cover the rest), start out rolling the dough into a rectangle(roughly 13x7 inches) together with close 1/2-3/4 inch thick.
11. Spread 1/4 of the nut filling evenly over the surface together with whorl brusque side of the dough inward jelly whorl style. Set aside.
12. Take 2nd piece of dough together with repeat procedure until y'all receive got ii filled together with rolled dough logs.
13. Twist the ii logs together together with compact the dough from both ends thence the length is equally closed to the length of the baking pan equally possible. Quickly elevator upward the twisted dough together with house inward a parchment lined baking pan.
14. Repeat the procedure amongst the side yesteryear side ii pieces of dough together with fill upward the 2nd pan.
Note: Sometimes I similar to shape the twisted dough inward the shape of an oval earlier placing inward pan... meet photograph inward collage.
15. Brush loaves amongst beaten egg together with comprehend amongst oiled plastic wrap.
16. Allow to ascension for close xl minutes or until nicely puffed(maybe an inch to a higher house the lip of pan... y'all don't desire it to live over-proofed) inward a warm environment...
Preheat oven to 350 deg F...
17. Place pans on bottom 3rd rack inward preheated oven.
18. Bake for close 25 minutes, together with lightly house a canvass of aluminum foil over exceed of cozonac.
19. Bake for some other 20-25 minutes... for a total of 45-50 minutes. Remove foil if non completely browned all the means around the in conclusion 10 minutes or so. The foil is in that location to forbid the dough from burning... purpose your sentence equally when together with how long to hold it covered equally all ovens are different.
20. Remove from oven together with allow cozonac to cool inward pan for close xv minutes or so. Remove from pan together with cool completely.
I honey to freeze the cozonac together with thence defrost equally needed... together with rewarm slightly. Find the flavour is best afterward it sits awhile.