Bread Baking: Sweet Cinnamon Pizza?

Name: Bread Baking: Sweet Cinnamon Pizza?
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 59 milliliters almond meal; 319 grams 1/2 cups bread flour; 1 Tbsp cinnamon; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 Tbsps honey; 118 milliliters powdered sugar (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, divided; 237 milliliters lukewarm cup water; 2 teaspoons yeast

Bread Baking: Sweet Cinnamon Pizza? might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. One serving contains 347 calories, 7g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours. Head to the store and pick up almond extract, yeast, butter, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the honey, water, and yeast. Set aside until foamy, about 10 minutes.

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Honey

Water

Yeast

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the bread flour and knead with the dough hook until the dough is smooth and elastic.

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Bread Flour

Dough

Add the almond meal, salt, almond extract, and two tablespoons of the butter. Continue kneading until well incorporated. Form the dough into a ball, put it back in the bowl, and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Set aside until doubled in size, about an hour.

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Almond Extract

Almond Flour

Butter

Dough

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Meanwhile, combine the granulated sugar, cinnamon, and remaining butter in a small bowl.

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Granulated Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

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Bowl

Mix until well combined. Flour your work surface lightly. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. If you have a baking stone, have that in the oven as you preheat. Otherwise you can bake the bread on a baking sheet.

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Bread

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Turn out the dough, knead briefly, and form it into a ball. Flatten the ball into a disk, then stretch or roll the disk to about 9 inches in diameter.

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Dough

Roll

Place the disk on a piece of parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Transfer it to a baking sheet if you'll be using one.

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Baking Sheet

Spread the butter/sugar/cinnamon mixture on the dough, not quite all the way to the edge or it will drip over the edge and make a mess - that's why you need the parchment paper. Some will probably drip anyway. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes.

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Cinnamon

Butter

Spread

Dough

Sugar

Wrap

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Baking Paper

Plastic Wrap

Remove the plastic wrap and bake at 350 degrees until well browned, about 35 minutes.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Oven

Let the bread cool on a rack.

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Bread

If you want a sugar glaze as well, put the powdered sugar in a small bowl.

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Powdered Sugar

Glaze

Sugar

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Bowl

Add water, milk, or cream, a little at a time, mixing well, until the mixture is smooth, thick, and pourable. Depending on which liquid you use, you'll might need as little as a tablespoon or two, so add just a little at a time until you have the right consistency.

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Cream