Matcha Christmas Tree Bread
photo by milliwuu
- Ready In:
- 4hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
1 bread
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 4 teaspoons oil, 56g (half vegetable oil and half butter)
- 3 cups bread flour, 360g (up to half can be wholewheat flour)
- 3 teaspoons japanese green tea powder (matcha)
- 1 3⁄4 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons yeast
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries, chopped
- 6 plum tomatoes, halved
directions
- Put into the bread machine the water, oil, flour, tea powder, salt, sugar, yeast, and dried cranberries. Use the dough cycle.
- Form the resulting dough into a tall triangle lying down on a floured pan. With scissors, cut 5 branches on each side. Pat flour on each branch and twist and swirl it outward.
- For the top end, pinch to form a tree top. For the lower end, tuck all the leftover dough under the tree trunk.
- Cut small openings and insert tomato halves.
- Place in a warm place until doubled in size. Spray with water and bake at 180degrees 20-30min. (Or until the color is right and inside measures 80 degrees Celsius.).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
milliwuu
United States