My family recently discovered Pandesal. It is a classic Filipino bread roll that is light, fluffy, soft and slightly sweet.
We found out that the local Filipino store close to our house makes fresh batches of Pandesal several times a day that always sell out with in minutes. Fresh out of the oven, these extremely delicious bread rolls are almost all gone in the short time it takes us to drive from the local corner store back to our house.
I decided to have a go and making Pandesal at home and they were a hit! The batch I made did not make it through the day as they were devoured as soon as they had cooled down enough not to burn little fingers and little mouths. Our son loves to eat them plain while our daughter loves to drizzle some honey on them first.
Ingredients:
1 cup warm milk
¼ cup butter
1 egg
2 tsp instant yeast
3¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp Oil (for bowl)
½ cup breadcrumbs
Directions:
1. Mix the milk, butter and egg in a large bowl.
2. Add instant yeast and stir.
3. Add sifted flour, sugar, salt and mix with a spatula till a dough forms.
4. Rest the dough uncovered for 20 minutes.
5. Transfer to a clean, floured counter and knead for 7 to 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth.
6. Form the dough into a ball and place in an oiled bowl, rubbing some oil onto the dough as well.
7. Cover and rest for an hour, allowing the dough to double in size.
8. Tap down the dough to remove gas.
9. Stretch the dough into a square and divide into 18 pieces.
10. Roll the pieces into balls.
11. Dust breadcrumbs on the top of each ball and arrange on a sheet pan.
12. Cover and rest in a warm place till double in size.
13. Bake in pre- heated oven for 18 – 20 minutes at 350F (180C).
14. Enjoy your soft, fluffy and delicious Pandesal fresh out of the oven.
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