Fluffy White Bread Recipe from Croatia | EU Politics Explained by Baking Croatian Bread

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil offers healthier fats while margarine is often more affordable.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt is thicker and richer, while sour cream is usually less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories, while water is a cost-effective substitute.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness, while brown sugar is often cheaper.

Mix 60 milliliters of milk, 4 grams of yeast, and 90 grams of bread flour together and leave to rise overnight.

In a separate bowl, mix 120 milliliters of lukewarm water with 310 grams of plain flour and 215 grams of bread flour.

Add the pre-dough from the previous step to this mixture along with 10 grams of fresh yeast, 45 milliliters of sunflower oil, 75 grams of natural yoghurt, 2 eggs, 7 grams of salt, and 10 grams of sugar.

Knead the mixture well and place it in a bowl greased with sunflower oil.

Cover the bowl and leave it to rise for 45 minutes.

Divide the dough into five pieces: one ball weighing precisely 300 grams and four balls of 175 grams each.

Roll out each piece of dough and stack them on top of each other.

Make several clean and precise cuts into the rolled-out dough using a pastry wheel.

Roll each of the cut pieces up like a necktie.

Grease a springform tin and place the rolled bundles around a ball of dough in the center.

Leave the assembled dough to rise for around 45 minutes.

Whisk an egg and glaze the top of the dough.

Bake the whole loaf for 30 minutes at 220 degrees Celsius.

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