High-gluten flour 420g Fine sugar 45g
Eggs 1 Yeast (dry) 5 grams
Milk 225 grams Salt 6 grams
Butter 30g Cocoa powder 15 grams
#auxiliary materials Almond 32 pieces
How to make calf bread Illustration of how to make calf bread 1

Step 1

Put all the ingredients except cocoa powder, butter and almonds into the cooking machine Calf Bread Recipe Illustration 2

Step 2

Knead until expanded and add softened butter at room temperature Calf Bread Recipe Illustration 3

Step 3

Continue kneading until fully expanded, take out half of the dough, add cocoa powder to the remaining dough and continue kneading evenlyCalf bread recipe 4

Step 4

Set aside 84 grams of the original dough, 100 grams of the cocoa dough to make the calf’s facial features, and the remaining portion to make the cow’s face. Calf bread recipe 5

Step 5

Divide the two colors of beef cheek dough evenly into 8 portions, each portion is about 38 grams Calf bread recipe 6

Step 6

Divide the dough for the facial features into two-color dough of 5 grams each (8 portions each) to make the mouth, divide the two-color dough into 3 grams each (4 portions each) to make the eye mask, and divide the cocoa dough into 3 grams each (16 portions) to make the ears. Divide the original color dough into 2 grams each (16 portions) to make ears Calf Bread Recipe Illustration 7

Step 7

Take a piece of cocoa dough for making a face, roll out 5 grams of the original color dough and stick it on the lower part of the cocoa dough to make the mouth. Roll out 3 grams of the original color dough and stick it on one side of the eye. Calf bread recipe 8

Step 8

Flatten and roll 3 grams of cocoa dough, flatten and roll 2 grams of raw dough and stick it on top, knead it from the middle, cut it with a knife, and the ears are readyCalf bread recipe 9

Step 9

Paste the ears with a little water on the cow's face. Use scissors to cut two small openings horizontally between the two ears. Insert the two almond heads upwards to make horns. Calf bread recipe 10

Step 10

The two colored doughs are interspersed into the shape of a calf's head and placed evenly on the baking sheet. Calf bread recipe 11

Step 11

Ferment in an environment with a temperature of 35 degrees and a humidity of 80% until it is 1.5 times larger. Calf bread recipe 12

Step 12

Bake in the preheated oven at 170 degrees for about 20 minutes. After baking for 5 minutes, cover with tin foil to avoid excessive coloring. Calf Bread Recipe Illustration 13

Step 13

When the calf is hot out of the oven, use a fondant tool to poke nostrils on the calf's face. This step can also be done before baking. Calf Bread Recipe Illustration 14

Step 14

After it cools down, use a chocolate pen to draw expressions on the calf, and the cute calf bread is ready. Calf bread cooking tips

Cooking Tips: 1. The making process of shaped bread is relatively slow, so it cannot be made twice. It is easy to over-ferment. Primary fermentation is the most suitable. 2. The shaped bread should not be fermented too much to avoid deformation. It should be 1.5 times larger