Nora Daza’s Ensaymada

Name: Nora Daza’s Ensaymada
Yield: 20 pieces
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 tbsp active yeast; 1 tbsp sugar; 3/4 cup lukewarm water; 1 cup bread flour; 1/2 cup lukewarm evaporated milk; 4 egg yolks and 1 whole egg, beaten; 2 cups bread flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 4 egg yolks and 1 whole egg, beaten; 3/4 cup butter; 2 cups bread flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 cup grated queso de bola (Edam)

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Nora Daza’s Ensaymada

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Ingredients

20 pieces

First rising or proofing:
3/4 tbspactive yeast
1 tbspsugar
3/4 cuplukewarm water
1 cupbread flour
1/2 cuplukewarm evaporated milk
Second rising:
4 egg yolks and 1 whole egg, beaten
2 cupsbread flour
1/4 cupsugar
Third rising:
4 egg yolks and 1 whole egg, beaten
3/4 cupbutter
2 cupsbread flour
1/2 cupsugar
1 cupgrated queso de bola (Edam)

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Steps

1

Pour milk into a bowl. Measure the lukewarm water. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Allow to dissolve. Stir in the lukewarm milk, sugar and flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until smooth. Cover with a moist kitchen towel and set in a warm place. Allow dough to double in volume (30 min)
2

Mix the beaten eggs, sugar and flour. Beat well. Add the second mixture to the first mixture. Knead well (I actually just use a wooden spoon to mix it) and shape into a ball. Cover and keep in a warm place to allow the dough to double its bulk (30 min)
3

Cream butter and add ½ c sugar, beaten eggs and flour and 1 c of grated queso de bola (I prefer not to add the cheese here) Add previous mix.
4

Add flour if dough is soft. Knead for about 15 minutes until the dough is satiny and smooth. Shape into a smooth ball and place in a bowl. Brush with melted butter. Cover and allow dough to rise (30 min).
5

Divide the dough into 20 balls. Roll out each ball until thin, keeping the final shape a rectangle. Brush with butter and roll like a jellyroll. Press each and so that it seals the dough.
6

Using an ensaymada mold or a muffin pan that is well greased, coil the sweet roll around the pan so that the rolled dough looks like a mound.
Allow the dough to rise until it is almost double in size (30 min)
7

Bake in an oven at 350°F for about ten to fifteen minutes, or until golden brown. (Better watch it after the first ten minutes, it can turn brown real quick). Remove from baking molds and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Top with creamed butter, sugar and grated queso de bola.