Ingredients

• 450 g - white bread flour
• 75 g - butter
• 200 ml - milk
• 7 g - yeast
• 1 - egg
• 75 g - sugar
• 1 tsp - salt
• 1 tsp - finely grated zest of orange
• For the filling: 75 g - ground hazelnut or almonds
• 1 - egg white
• 50 g - brown sugar
• 1 tsp - grated nutmeg
• For the topping: 1 - egg yolk
• 1 tbsp - milk
• 1 tbsp - mixed, crushed nuts
• 3 tbsp - icing sugar
• 1/2 tbsp - hot water

How to Make Hazelnut Bread

• Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl.
• Heat butter and milk in a pan until the butter melts completely.
• Make an indent at the centre of flour mixture, add the orange zest, egg and little by little the milk mixture to make a smooth dough.
• Place the dough in a clean, oiled bowl and cover it with a cling film.
• Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
• Take the dough and the knock out the air and divide the dough into two equal halves.
• Roll out each dough into a rectangle.
• Mix all the filling ingredients together and spread it on top of the two rectangles.
• Roll each dough like a Swiss roll.
• Join the two rolls and twist it up.
• Join both the ends to form a loop.
• Grease a 23 cm round baking tray, place the loop in a pan and place a bowl in the middle of the loop.
• Cover the pan loosely with a cling film and allow it to rise for another 30 minutes .
• Preheat the oven to 200 degree Celsius.
• Take the raised dough and remove the bowl from the middle.
• Beat the egg yolk and milk lightly, brush it on top of the bread and sprinkle with nuts.
• Bake it in a preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until it turns golden brown on top.
• For the icing, sift the icing sugar in a bowl and mix it with hot water, sprinkle over it the warm bread.
• Recipe Courtesy: Taste of Pearl City