Bread Knots

After we came  to the US, this was probably the only weekend when we were not going anywhere....There are so many things to see around LA and because we are here only for a very short period,  all our weekends were booked....

So I thought of making these knots...These are very easy to make but you have to be really patient....Give the dough enough time to mature and you get these soft and chewy knots....All the ingredients were available in my pantry ,so it was just a matter of few minutes to do the dough...

All you need is

All purpose flour-2 cups

Active dry yeast-1\2 tbsp

Luke warm water-1\2 cup

Salt-1 tsp

Sugar-2 tbsp

Vegetable oil-2 tbsp

Egg-1

Egg white-1

Basil seeds

Method of preparation

In a bowl ,add water and yeast and keep aside for 5 minutes

In another bowl, add flour, sugar and salt and mix

Add yeast water in the dry ingredients and knead to make a dough

Knead the dough for 5-6 minutes

Oil a bowl and keep the dough in it, covered with a cling film

Let it rest for at least 2 hours

The dough will double in size

Punch the dough and divide into 10 equal balls

Roll each ball to approx 10 inches and join the 2 ends

Insert the ends inside the loop to make a knot

Line a baking sheet with butter paper and keep these knots on the sheet

Keep covered for another hour

Mix 2 tbsp water in the egg white to make egg wash

Brush the knots with egg wash and sprinkle some basil seed

Bake in a pre heated oven for 15 mins at 360 degrees

The knots tastes best when they are out straight from the oven...But you can microwave them and eat later as well....Enjoy them with butter or marmalade and a hot cup of tea....

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