Maltese Bread Recipe | How to make Maltese Bread Recipe

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats, while sunflower oil is more affordable.

malt extract

🥗Healthier: barley syrup

💰Cheaper: honey

Barley syrup offers similar sweetness, while honey is widely available.

Mix flour, salt, and dry yeast in a bowl.

Add cold water in two parts and mix by hand or with a machine.

Cover the dough and leave it in the fridge overnight to ferment.

The next day, mix the previous dough with new dough made from 200 grams of flour, 2 grams of yeast, 2 grams of salt, and 100 milliliters of room temperature water.

Knead the dough well and let it proof for two hours, covered.

Shape the dough into loaves and place them on a tray with a bit of oil.

Let the shaped dough rise uncovered for another two hours.

Preheat the oven to mark number seven.

Score the top of the dough and sprinkle with flour before baking.

Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, then cool on a rack.

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