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Filipino Ensaymada

菲律賓恩薩伊馬達甜麵包

Filipino Ensaymada — finished dish

Total time: 135 min
Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 8 servings

Recipe overview

Ensaymada is a soft, buttery Filipino sweet bread topped after baking with butter, sugar and cheese.

01

Ingredients

Main ingredients

500 g bread flour
220 ml whole milk
2 pieces eggs
120 g butter
100 g cheddar cheese

Yeast mixture

2 tsp dry yeast
80 g sugar
1 tsp salt

Topping

40 g butter
40 g sugar

Filipino Ensaymada — ingredients

02

Tools

large bowl
kitchen scale
mixer
rolling pin
baking tray
oven

Filipino Ensaymada — tools

03

Steps

Filipino Ensaymada — Mix warm milk, yeast and one teaspoon of sugar

Step 1

Mix warm milk, yeast and one teaspoon of sugar

Mix warm milk, yeast and one teaspoon of sugar.

Filipino Ensaymada — Rest for ten minutes until the surface is foamy

Step 2

Rest for ten minutes until the surface is foamy

Rest for ten minutes until the surface is foamy.

Filipino Ensaymada — Put flour, remaining sugar and salt in the mixer bowl

Step 3

Put flour, remaining sugar and salt in the mixer bowl

Put flour, remaining sugar and salt in the mixer bowl.

Filipino Ensaymada — Add yeast milk and eggs and mix on low into a dough

Step 4

Add yeast milk and eggs and mix on low into a dough

Add yeast milk and eggs and mix on low into a dough.

Filipino Ensaymada — Add softened butter gradually and knead until it passes the windowpane test

Step 5

Add softened butter gradually and knead until it passes the windowpane test

Add softened butter gradually and knead until it passes the windowpane test.

Filipino Ensaymada — Cover and proof at 28°C for forty-five to sixty minutes until doubled

Step 6

Cover and proof at 28°C for forty-five to sixty minutes until doubled

Cover and proof at 28°C for forty-five to sixty minutes until doubled.

Filipino Ensaymada — Press out air and divide into eight portions

Step 7

Press out air and divide into eight portions

Press out air and divide into eight portions.

Filipino Ensaymada — Roll each portion into a rope, coil it and place in a baking mould

Step 8

Roll each portion into a rope, coil it and place in a baking mould

Roll each portion into a rope, coil it and place in a baking mould.

Filipino Ensaymada — Cover and proof again at 28°C for thirty minutes until puffy

Step 9

Cover and proof again at 28°C for thirty minutes until puffy

Cover and proof again at 28°C for thirty minutes until puffy.

Filipino Ensaymada — Preheat the oven to 180°C

Step 10

Preheat the oven to 180°C

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Filipino Ensaymada — Bake for eighteen to twenty minutes until golden

Step 11

Bake for eighteen to twenty minutes until golden

Bake for eighteen to twenty minutes until golden.

Filipino Ensaymada — Cool, then spread with butter and finish with sugar and cheese

Step 12

Cool, then spread with butter and finish with sugar and cheese

Cool, then spread with butter and finish with sugar and cheese.

Common mistakes

Milk that is too hot kills yeast; use milk only around body temperature.

Tips

Oven temperatures vary, so check browning from eighteen minutes onward.