This Star Bread made with Cotswold Flour and packed full of delicious Cherry Jam from Cherry Tree Preserves and Montezuma’s Chocolate is the perfect tear and share bread for Valentines’s Day. Though it’s so tasty, you may not want to share!
Feeds: 6-8
Baking Time: 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Dough Ingredients:
450g Cotswold Flour Strong Bread Flour
70g white sugar
7g salt
7g fast action yeast
54g butter
1 egg (reserve 1tbsp for the egg wash)
1tsp vanilla extract
2tsp cinnamon
200ml milk
Filling Ingredients:
200g Cherry With Amaretto Jam from Cherry Tree Preserves
100g chopped Montezuma’s Dark or Milk Chocolate Buttons
METHOD
Mix together the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a large bowl
Mix in the butter, cinnamon, and vanilla extract until it forms crumble, then mix in the egg (save 1tbsp for the egg wash)
Mix in the milk until it all comes together
Knead for 5-10 mins until it holds its shape and isn’t as sticky. Add a little more flour if it’s too sticky
Cover and proof for an hour/until doubled in size
Split the dough into four even pieces and roll into a ball
Roll each piece of dough out to a circle 10 inches wide & 3-5mm thick
Place one piece of rolled dough on greaseproof paper/a silicon baking mat
Spread some of the jam on top and sprinkle over 1/3rd of the chopped chocolate
Put the 2nd piece of rolled out dough on top and cover with more jam and chopped chocolate. Repeat with the 3rd piece of dough
Place the 4th piece of dough on top and don’t put any jam or chocolate on top of this piece
Cut 14 slits around a central point in the dough
Take two adjacent pieces of the dough and twist in separate directions, then squeeze the ends together. Repeat for all sections
Proof for 30 mins
Preheat your oven to 180C fan
Brush the leftover egg over the dough
Bake for 15-20 mins, then enjoy! Best eaten warm
Thank you to Bonnie from Bon Bon’s Bakes for this delicious recipe. If you’d like to see more, please visit her on Instagram