Cheese Bread Rolls

CHEESE BREAD // FILIPINO CHEESE BREAD

the irresistible goodness of this buttery, sweet and soft bread rolls is to die for! the bread will be filled with melty cheese such as american cheese, velveeta or filipino eden cheese.. cheddar cheese is good, too! 

ingredients:

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar + more for the bread
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg + 1 for egg wash
• 4 tbsp room temperature butter
• 1 1/4 cup lukewarm water (about 110f to 115f) too hot the yeast will die. too cold the yeast wont rise
• 3 tsp active dry yeast
• cheese for filling (i used eden cheese)
• butter for spreading (room temperature)

directions:

1. into a bowl, add all dry ingredients: flour, salt and sugar then mix
2. then add egg, butter, lukewarm water and active dry yeast then knead. you can use a stand mixer to knead the dough. or knead by hand. knead until the dough is smooth and elastic 
3. shape the dough into a ball and place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for 1 to 2 hours or until doubled in size | you can add oil on top to avoid the dough from sticking into the plastic wrap
4. once the dough is ready, deflate the dough to get rid of some bubbles 
5. shape the dough again into a ball and divide the dough into 12 pieces 
6. cut the cheese into lengthwise 
7. flatten the dough, place the cheese in the middle of the flattened dough then roll and secure the sides to make sure the cheese wont explode
8. repeat the whole process to the remaining dough
9. place the bread in a baking pan then cover and let the bread rest for another 25 minutes
10. meanwhile, pre heat the oven to 325F
11. after 25 minutes, brush the top of the bread with egg wash
12. then bake for 25 minutes
13. make sure the bread is cooled down completely before adding the butter, otherwise the butter will melt
14. spread butter into the bread then roll the bread into the bed of sugar
15. and enjoy!

you can enjoy this bread with a hot cup of coffee, or hot chocolate~ most filipino loves dipping breads into any hot cup beverages! :)

stay safe, riders and i will talk to you soon!

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