Pain au chocolat

Name: Pain au chocolat
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 g flour; 1 tsp salt; 3 tsp yeast; 50 g sugar; 2 tbsp milk powder; 330 ml water; 250 g pastry margarine; 100 g Chocolate batons; 2 eggs beaten; Icing sugar for dusting

tasneem2777 @cook_3894089

Pain au chocolat

tasneem2777 @cook_3894089

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Ingredients

25-30 mins

500 gflour
1 tspsalt
3 tspyeast
50 gsugar
2 tbspmilk powder
330 mlwater
250 gpastry margarine
100 gChocolate batons
2eggs beaten
Icing sugar for dusting

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Steps

25-30 mins

1

Sift flour and salt
2

Add sugar, yeast, milk powder and mix well.
3

Add water and mix to form a soft dough. Dough should not be sticky.
4

Leave to prove for 15-30mins.
5

Soften the margarine.
6

Roll out the dough in a star like shape.
7

Place the margarine in the middle of the dough and close the dough like an envelope.
8

Roll out the dough and fold in half.
9

Roll out again and the fold the dough 3/4 then into a rectangle shape.
10

Leave to rise and then repeat step 8 and 9 two more times.
11

Cut the dough in half. Place one half in the refrigerator.
12

Flour the surface and roll out the dough into a long narrow strip, about 8x40 inches (20x101 cm).
13

With a knife, trim the edges of the dough.Cut the dough into 4 rectangles.
14

Place the chocolate on the edge of the dough and roll tightly enclosing it in the dough.
Note: you can also use regular chocolate cut into strips. Chocolate batons is a special chocolate for pain au chocolat and croissant.
15

Place on a baking sheet, seam side down.Repeat with the other half of the dough.
16

Brush with the beaten egg.
17

Leave to rise for 15-20 mins
18

Bake in a pre-heated oven 180°C for 25-30 mins.
19

Dust the bread with icing sugar before serving.