St Nicholas Mannele brioches

St-Nicholas’ Mannele brioches

St-Nicholas’ Mannele brioches

45 minutes

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  • Serving Size:   12
  • Weight Watchers:   9 Points
Cuisine
  • bread
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Ingredients
  • 1 sachet active dry yeast (about 10g 0.35 oz.)
  • 60g 2.11 oz. softened butter
  • Of choice: chocolate chips, sultanas, pine nuts… (to shape the eyes and other decorations)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 330ml warm milk
  • 600g 21.16 oz. plain flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 55g 1.94 oz. Sugar
  • 1 cup whole milk
Instructions

Cut the butter into pieces and leave to soften at room temperature.Warm the milk and sprinkle the yeast over it. Be careful, the milk shouldnt be hot or it will kill the yeast.In a big bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Rub in the butter until you get a crumb-like consistency.

Mix in the egg, using a hard spatula.Slowly add the milk and knead until the dough is smooth, soft and no longer sticky.Cover with Clingfilm and allow to rest for about 1h30, or until the dough has doubled in size.Once your dough has risen, tip it onto your working surface and knock the air out.To shape the Mannele, you can use of the 2 following methods:1.divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and shape them into logs.

Cut one third and roll it to form the head. Using a pair of scissors or a sharp knife, make two oblique cuts into the cylinder, for the arms, and a vertical one at the bottom to cut the legs.

Place the head over the shoulders;2.roll out the dough with a rolling pin and use a gingerbread man cookie cutter. I used a 14cm/5.5 in. cookie cutter.

Place the Mannele on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Do not put more than 6 Mannele per sheet or theyll stick together during the second rise.Cover with a towel and let rise for about an hour.Preheat your oven to 180C/350F.Beat the egg yolk with 1 tablespoon milk and brush over the Mannele.Pin the chocolate chips/sultanas/pine nuts onto the dough for the eyes, buttons and/or other decorations.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden.Cool on a wire rack before eating them with a mug of hot chocolate

Enjoy!Note: if you are vegan and/or follow a dairy-free and/or gluten-free diet, I would love to have your feedback on the possible substitutions and the results you get. Thank you :-)

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