Name: Honeycomb Bread recipe by Asheera Haja at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For bread; 3 1/2cup All purposes flour; 1 cup milk; 2 tbsp milk powder; 3 tbsp sugar; 1/2cup water as required; 4 tbsp oil; 4 tbsp melted butter; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 1/2 tsp instant yeast; 1/2 block cheese cubes; 1 egg for egg wash; For sugar syrup; 1 cup sugar; 3/4 cup water; 1 tbsp Honey; Pinch of saffron

Ingredients Serving: 4

For bread
3 1/2cup All purposes flour
1 cup milk
2 tbsp milk powder
3 tbsp sugar
1/2cup water as required
4 tbsp oil
4 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 tsp instant yeast
1/2 block cheese cubes
1 egg for egg wash
For sugar syrup
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
1 tbsp Honey
Pinch of saffron

Instructions

Prepare the sugar syrup Boil the sugar, water and saffron together for a few minutes until it is slightly thickened.
Remove from the heat and add the honey. Mix and set aside to cool completely
To prepare bread Sieve the flour, then add milk powder, sugar, yeast and salt.
Then add the oil and butter and the egg, and mix together. Now add all the milk.
Start kneading together and gradually add the water a little at a time. until your dough is nice and soft.
Knead for a good 8-10 minutes. The more you knead it the softer the buns will be.
Apply oil and set aside to double in size
Punch it down, and break off tiny bits of dough.Take each balls and fill it with a small piece of cheese in its center and shape it .
Grease pans with butter. Place the balls of dough in a 'honeycomb' pattern and keep it close .again cover and allow it to rise
Now apply egg wash on the balls, preheat your oven to 180 C and bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the bread is nice and golden on top.
Remove from the oven and pour your syrup all over the hot bread. Remember that the syrup needs to be cool and the bread needs to be steaming hot straight from the oven. Allow it to cool.

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