Fatima’s Egg bread
Ingredients
4 cups of flour
1 sachet of yeast – 10 grams
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
3 large eggs
70 grams of melted butter
1&1/2 cups of warm water/ or just enough to make a sticky dough .
Method
Mix all ingredients together to form a ball – dust surface with flour and knead for 8-10 minutes . Cover and put one side to rise – will take about one hour . Knock down the dough and and divide into 3 balls – roll the balls to make 3 long 30 cm and make a plat / vlegsel , place in a greased pan or line with baking paper . Allow to rise in oven at 80 deg C – when double in size remove the dough and egg wash with brush – up the temperature to 200 deg C and bake bread till golden brown. .
Allow to rest before slicing . Delicious .
Fatima Sydow
