I have edited and added the recipe!
Hi there all! I guess like most of you do too...i love all things that look pretty :)I enjoy making these pretty flower shaped breads...has anyone tried this?
The fillings can vary...I have tried 3 different ones here! The one with sesame seeds is a savoury bread filled with cheese and the middle eastern spice 'zaatir'( I think its some mix with dry thyme)
The other 2 are sweet....the lighter one is cinnamon and the darker one is nutella :)
I think can try lots other fillings. .....any suggestions?
Thanks for looking :)
I have added the recipe which I used. ...
For the nutella version. ..just spread as much as you want on the layers...
For the cinnamon version make this mix....
100 gm brown sugar
1 or 1.5 teaspoon cinnamon powder (depends on how strong you like it if not sure just use 1)
40 gm soft butter
This should be enough for just one 8" flower bread! Divide and spread on the layers equally!
The dough recipe down in Sue's reply.....
1 more point....let it rest and rise again after shaping for around 20 minutes and egg wash before baking!
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HI THEY LOOK FANTASTIC MY MOTHER MADE A FILLING EITH WALNUTS AND HONEY..THEN POPPIE SEESDS AND HONEY...OR PRUNES BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT SHE SWEETENED IT WITH..HOW DO YOU DO THE FANCEY CUT OUTS...LUCY... THANKS
12613beautiful! Boy would I love to come for tea @ your house! YUM YUM well done
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by tfk
edited 08 Apr 2016
I would love to have you over Loralye :)
Thank you.....good to hear from you!
29955911137610296Made a few years ago but i stopped as i ate to much lol lovely work i can smell them here in Canada hugs
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360641Thank you, I will have to try it some time.
They look to god to eat.
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9754Love the looks of them. It is so pretty. Almost too pretty to eat.
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16707Fatma, these are so pretty!!! Great Job.
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by dollygk
19 May 2015
I have to send the link for this page to my sister, she'll love it!! Thanks for posting
45070Dear Lady, I am in awe of your talent, these are breathe taking! If they taste as good as they look...were I to make them I'd be as round as I am tall! LOL
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35301mmmmmmm!!! I can just taste that Nutella! I wish I lived close by!
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12452These are works of art. Would make a great hostess gift!
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85867Wow, I sure wish we were next door neighbors. Checked out the website and love the detailed pictures to help this slow learner. I love the variety that you came up with. The pictures are making my mouth water.
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Thanks a lot :) the youtube tutorial will be even easier for you to follow....good luck and do try it!
19439I found this link , it show how to make these beautiful breads !
therapybread.com
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Thank you so much :) its interesting that these 2 breads are similar but all different! The one I have made has a different folding method.....Heres the video ( but I dont use his recipe)
https://youtu.be/HwvYmBo_bN4
33350The bottom picture also looks like chocolate. Um, could you mix some cocoa, sugar, butter for filling? That will be my favorite!
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10173ohhhhhhhhh i am now needing food****
Awesome thanks hugs4u2
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360641love the puff pastry version - much easier and quicker. More likely to happen at my house ... Thanks for mentioning this here. I hadn't heard of it before.
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Yeah I guess would work with puff pastry.too :) do share your experience when you do try it!
Thanks a lot :)
2179Wow...those are ALMOST too pretty to eat! Notice I said almost! Those are really neat & I haven't seen them before!
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35675Another thing to use up my download limit on! YouTube is such a time machine. Do you make a brioche dough or just ordinary bread? I'm not good with dried yeast, but the fresh stuff is getting harder to come by. It works so much quicker!
Thanks, BTW!
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by tfk
17 May 2015
I use the same dough as for my cinnamon roll recipe...
Flour-550 gm
Dry yeast-3 level teaspoons
Sugar-75 gm
Salt-1 level teaspoon (1/2 if using for sweet breads)
melted butter-80 gm
Eggs-2
Luke warm milk-220 ml (approx)
Pretty straight forward method. ..mix all the dry stuff in a big bowl...crack in the eggs ...add butter and knead well using the milk! Should be a nice smooth n soft dough but not too sticky or soft!
I give it a double rise...time may vary with the climate conditions :)
Thats it....I use this dough for cinnamon rolls. ...this flower bread....another braided pizza bread I make (soon will post that too) and even as a pizza dough if sugar is reduced a bit!
Thanks a lot :). ..do give it a try!
by tfk
17 May 2015
I have worked with fresh yeast too but its not available around here where I live....It is there back home in my country!
By the way I have seen that you can.make your own fresh yeast too :)
140717Set my plate at the table--I'm on my way! Coffee, black, please. Oh, look so delicious!
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10173Suggestions ?....yes send them over so I can try them LOL.
Do you have a special shape to bake them ?
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by zoefzoef
17 May 2015
I just saw the video..now I understand...but you're still free to send them over..smile
by tfk
17 May 2015
Lol :) wish I could! No special pans dear...good you saw the video....isnt it surprisingly easy?
Thanks a lot! :)
148887These breads look stunning, I agree, like works of art. I have never seen anything like it before. Will have to learn to make these for the family. Thanks for sharing.
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4453These are just too pretty to eat. My fave, the one with the Sasame Seeds./Lillian
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145791Congratulations, Fatima, you are very good!
Hugs, Lidia
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78118They look fantastic, well done. Zaatar seems to be dried thyme with sesame seeds. It is sold in packets in the spice counters here in the middle east and is used mixed with oil on pizza like items. G
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Yes zaatar is exactly that! So you live in the middle east?? Which place? Zaatar goes very well with cheese.....thank you so much :)
by ethan
19 May 2015
I am Irish and married to an Irish man who works in Saudi, so I spend about six months here each year. I usually return to Ireland in June and enjoy the long bright evenings. G
752841781These are a work of art! Beautiful and I do love breads. It reminds me of something I did years ago when living in Germany. Think about it,I was very young, just married. A lady made me a bread, pretty like these for christmas. It was so lovely to look at, I didn't want to eat it, even though I was very tempted as I do love breads. I enjoyed it on my table, kind of like decoration, a centerpiece. I guess I enjoyed it longer that way, than if I had eaten it. Thing is, I left it so long, it spoiled! Never got to taste it and see if it was as good as it looked.-You have great talent and patience, these are beautiful!-Toogie
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Oh Toogie that must have been one beautiful looking bread that you managed to refrain from eating it ....hahaha :)
Thank you so much for appreciating!
109780These are so very artful...beautiful job...they do look too pretty to eat...but I bet that doesn't stop everyone from diving in! All sound so yummy!
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Yeah you are right...pretty to look at but cant resist eating them! Thank you so much :)
318428These are so beautiful, I wouldn't want to cut them to eat. Fabulous job!
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31625OMG you do such beautiful work. Too bad you weren't closer or I'd buy all your goodies. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work.
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48168WOW! These all look wonderful Fatima. I've not made this type of bread, just normal. You do such beautiful work with all your food, sewing and craft. Love Chris
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by tfk
17 May 2015
Thanks a lot Chris for always appreciating :)
They are a lot of fun to do and not difficult at all....the end result is really satisfying and worth any effort made! Great for tea time with the ladies :)
234496wow these look so pretty, I suppose they taste very good too! great job!!
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743281I want to learn to do this! Is there a particular texture you need to work with? for example, dry or crumble is better than a cream? Is there a youtube video?
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by muflotex
edited 17 May 2015
NUTELLA BRAIDED TEAR AND SHARE BREAD search at you tube steve's kitchen, got me going this one have to get bruch on the table 8-) the magic happens round about 6 min.
by tfk
17 May 2015
Yes there are lots of youtube videos. ..search nutella braided bread or nutella flower bread! I use my own recipe but just follow their technique :)
if you are asking about the texture of cheese....I prefer the cream style which will spread easily on the layers of rolled dough and something that wont melt away! Maybe feta or white cheese ( it should be any flavourful cheese)
Thank you so much :)
173692they are artfull breads, looks lovely and appetizing , wish I could make such pretty breads or rolls and I love ZA’ATAR too, thank you for the inspiration
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by muflotex
17 May 2015
upps did not mean to spell Zaatar so big, so many spellings as there are receips to find
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