First I made my favorite chocolate chip cookies (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/Detail.aspx) which I added regular semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and chopped up walnuts. I also let the dough sit for a couple hours in the fridge after making the dough so it would be nice and firm when I went to scoop it out on to sheet trays. While those were in the over I started on my bread.
If you've ever made cinnamon rolls the process is similar. I followed the recipe making the dough (though I did just melt the butter and heat up the milk in the microwave, rather then on the stove top. And instead of adding the yeast to the dry ingredients I added it to the melted butter and milk after it had cooled.) I allowed my dough to rise as the recipe suggests, and then punched it down. It was a very sticky dough which can be hard to work with. To compensate I floured the counter, and my rolling pin. I rolled the dough into a ball after punching and let sit on the counter for about 5 minutes so the gluten fibers in it could rest before I rolled it out. When it came time I rolled it into a square about 20 inches by 15 inches. It wasn't perfectly square but I made do. Then I spread the melted butter on with a pastry brush and sprinkled the cinnamon sugar heavily on. As instructed in the recipe I cut the square into 6 pieces horizontally, and then stacked them on top of each other. After I cut those 6 into 6 additional pieces, creating numerous square pieces. I then squished these into a 9x5x3 loaf pan I had greased with crisco. I let rest for about 30 minutes, which gave the dough some time to rise again, completely filling in the pan. I then baked the bread for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. I let rest for a little bit (10 minutes or so), loosened the edges and then flipped on to a cutting board. Once done, I flipped it back over on to a plate. Turned out great! What an awesome recipe, I hope you all have the chance to try it too! It'll make a great breakfast for my family all week.
My bread >
"Joy the Bakers"'s bread >
Hope all is well!
