Number-shaped fluffy bread (it’s getBready BDay!)

In Italy people say that “3” is the perfect number … if it’s true or not I don’t know, but I’m certainly celebrating the birthday!

Today, May 3rd of a leap 2020, pandemic and above all exceptional because even my unsuspected half ventured into the kitchen, the blog is in its third year.

I want to celebrate this milestone with all of you and say thank you because if you weren’t there it wouldn’t make sense to write other pages of this virtual cookbook.

Thanks to those who give me a good morning, those who peek at the recipes on the blog, those who reply, perhaps adapting them a bit, those who write to me for some advice or to warn me of some “horror” of typing in the texts.

You are precious!

… As tradition let’s bake a top recipe for birthday!

Ideal when lockdown will be over and we could finally celebrate together: soft buffet bread!

MAKES 2 NUMBERS

READY IN 2h 45 ‘

INGREDIENTS:

¾ of fresh brewer’s yeast cube

8,8 oz lukewarm milk

1 teaspoon sugar

10,5 oz flour “0”

9 oz flour “00”

3,5 oz butter at room temperature

1 whole egg + 1 yolk

Salt to taste

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon water

1 pinch salt

Sesame seeds to taste

STEP 1: MAKE THE DOUGH

Melt the yeast in lukewarm milk together with sugar. Mix until completely dissolved.

Place milk, the two type of flour, butter (cubed), eggs and salt in the mixer bowl (or in a large bowl if you knead by hand).

Start the mixer until you’ll get a rather smooth ball (it will take about 10 minutes). Of course, you can also knead the ingredients by hand if you don’t have a mixer!

STEP 2: LET REST

Cover the dough bowl with cling film and let rest at room temperature for a couple of hours.

STEP 3: MAKE THE BALLS

Divide the leavened dough into about 16 + 16 morsels (if you want an approximate indication, they weigh about 1 oz each) and ball them up.

STEP 4: LET REST AGAIN

Arrange the balls (slightly spacing them from each other) in a baking tray lined with parchment paper, in this case I decided to form the number 3 (with the doses of the recipe you’ll get 2 numbers).