Easy milk bread recipe

Good good people! Welcome to Paulina Kitchen ❤️ Today we are here in a cool afternoon and wanting to do something for the snack but without wanting to go to the bakery ... what a dilemma. And no, if in the house cupboard we have flour, yeast, sugar and milk , why don't we make milk bread? It is a classic!

Is there a bread with a more tender crumb and a bark as crispy as this milk bread? A madness for lovers of taking a mate with a rich bread, like us.

Either sweet or salty. Because yes, it is law, you think of the salty milk bread and you come a sandwichito to the head. I regret to disappoint you but today we are going to make a sweet milk bread , one for the mate , to spread with jam and be happy. The next one we get a salty, the promise.

How to make filling bread

Making these sweet pancitos in their stuffed version is very easy and there are two things to change so that they are spectacular.

What fillings can we use? The one you can think of, well, more or less. Some of the most common fillings are:

• Pastelera Cream: We make it heating ½ liter of milk together with 60 gr. of sugar. While we beat 4 egg yolks together with 60 gr. More sugar, vanilla essence and 50 gr. of Maizena. Then we mix this with hot milk, a little and we mix while cooking over medium heat until the cream takes consistency. Then we let it cool and now.
• Other fillings that we can use are, dulce de leche, jam, nutella, some fruit and, why not?, A piece of cheese, ham, some colder or what we want that afternoon?

Now, to make the levele bread , we pay attention to the recipe for common milk bread that we leave and stop before the second loyal because when we assemble the 8 balls is where they are filled.

• We crush each ball of dough stretching them and in the center we place the filling that you like the most. Then we only close and give the form of Bollito, letting the second loyal happen. 

Easy, right? And the result is completely different, a surprise for everyone.

Some curious data and tips before cooking milk bread

They are internationally known as milk pancitos, Vienna, Miguelitos, Panecillos, Pebetes or simply those pancitos that have a lot of crumb and are very soft inside . We know they are always temptation.

A advice here between us: If you are going to make this recipe in quantity to save and have at hand, we recommend you freeze them when they are still warm, just out of the oven, so when they are tender and soft.

A bread that always accompanies us, on any occasion is good and I could tell you that it is like the French brioche but this is not so elegant and above the town, there is no way to disappoint us.

There is not much more to say about these delicious pancitos. We hope you can do them at home, play and be creative with this preparation. 

Let's see that recipe and enjoy it!

Milk bread recipe

Ingredients to make 8 breads

• ½ cup of warm milk
• 50 gr. of sugar
• 10 gr. of fresh yeast
• 2 cups of wheat flour
• Salt ½ teaspoon
• 35 gr of melted butter
• 1 egg at room temperature
• ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
• ½ tablespoon of honey
  
  to brush the breads:
• 1 beaten egg with 2 tablespoons of milk

How to make homemade milk step step by step

1. In a bowl place the warm milk along with the sugar and yeast. Reserve in a warm place to activate yeast.
2. In another container to accommodate the flour along with the salt on the sides leaving a place in the center where to add the melted butter, egg, vanilla essence and honey. Mix a little.
3. Now add the mixture of warm milk and with a spatula start incorporating, once manually kneaded for 15-20 minutes bending the dough on itself. It is recommended to place some oil in the hands and on the work surface, work with the help of a spatula, since it is a sticky dough.
4. Once a ball of homogeneous and elastic dough is achieved, let it stand in a warm place for 1 hour and a half until its volume is duplicated.
5. After the time move the dough to a floured surface and knead a little with the hands crushing and removing the gases of fermentation. Then proceed to cut the dough into 8 bits equal and place the balls formed on the oven tray trying to leave a space between each one.
6. Place a cloth or film paper above and leave at rest for 45 minutes for a second loyal. 
7. While preparing a mixture of 1 beaten egg with 2 tablespoons of milk to paint the pancitos and preheat the oven at 180 ° C
8. After the time brush each bread with the mixture and bake for 15 minutes. Once out of the oven brush with a little honey (optional).