Almond Croissant Bread

• total time: 2 hours 23 minutes

Ingredients

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For the dough:

150ml milk

5g instant yeast

275g strong white bread flour (or plain flour)

25g white sugar

1/2tsp salt

80g softened butter

For the filling:

80g butter, melted

80g white sugar

1/2tsp almond extract (or vanilla if you don’t have this)

55ml milk

Squeeze lemon juice or splash of vinegar

25g plain flour

110g ground almonds

1tsp baking powder

Flaked almonds to top

Directions

heat the milk in the microwave for 30 seconds until warm but not hot. Add in the yeast and sugar, stir and leave to the side

in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the flour and salt, mix. Once the yeast is bubbly, add this to the flour and mix on low until everything is almost combined. Start to add in the butter whilst the mixer is still on low, a small amount at a time until all the butter is combined. Turn the mixer up to medium and knead for a further 5 mins until it is smooth and elastic looking

cover and leave to rise for an hour until double in size. Make the filling. Add the melted butter to a mixing bowl along with the sugar and mix really well. Add in the extract, milk and lemon juice, mix. Finally mix in the flour, ground almonds and baking powder until smooth. Place this in the fridge to chill whilst the dough finishes rising

once the dough is double in size, tip onto a lightly floured surface and roll out into a rectangle roughly 30x40cm. Spread over the frangipane all the way to the edges, then roll up from the longest side. Cut the log in half lengthways so you have two long logs. Twist them together pinching the top and bottom together

put this into a 2lb loaf tin that is lined with a sheet of parchment paper. Cover and leave to rise for another 45mins until puffy. Preheat the oven to 180c fan

once puffy, top with flaked almonds then place in the oven to bake for 30-35mins until nice and golden brown. Top with icing sugar if you fancy

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