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Pull Apart Bread

Course Snack
Keyword Pull Apart Bread
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting 2 hours
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 250 g Flour (All purpose or bread)
  • 1 Egg (about 55g) lightly beaten
  • 100-120 g Water
  • 15 g Evaporated Milk Powder Optional
  • 30 g Sugar Can be reduced to 10g for a less sweet bread
  • 3 g Salt
  • 3 g Yeast
  • 30 g Butter Room temperature
  • Other toppings see notes

Instructions

  1. In the stand mixer, add flour, milk powder, sugar, yeast, salt (make sure yeast and salt do not touch each other), add egg and water

  2. Turn mixer on to 8, let it run for 2 minutes

  3. Add butter, and let the machine run on high for another 9 minutes. If you stretch the dough, it should become very thin and see through but not break

  4. Let rise for an hour till almost double

  5. On lightly oiled work surface, roll the dough out to less than 1/4 inch thick, spread on toppings, cut into 1.5 inch squares

  6. Lightly oil the pan, and lay squares into the pan

  7. Turn on the light in the oven, place pan on the top rack. On the lower rack, place another shallow pan, fill the pan with warm water. Let rise for another 50 minutes till doubled in volumn

  8. Preheat oven to 355F, bake for 20 minutes. Check after 12-15 minutes, if the top becomes golden brown, cover with aluminum foil and complete the 20 minute bake time. 

  9. Cool on cooling rack.

Recipe Notes

There are many options for toppings, herb and cheese, pork fu and mayonnaise, Cinnamon and sugar, Bacon and cheese, Apple Cinnamon Streusel, Craisin and nuts, to name a few. Honestly, you can be as creative as you want with this bread.