Welcome to #AmbersCountryKitchen! Here's my recipe 🎬 for the #RoyalBreadBakeOff 🍞I've called my creation "Jersey Milk🐮& Honey🐝 Bread". I've included the step-by-step directions so you can give it a try yourselves, because it truly tastes pretty sweet - if I do say so myself!
Thanks to The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for creating such a fun contest!

Jersey Milk and Honey Bread

I had so much fun making this recipe and the bread was SO good my husband and I ate it all in one day…. So… maybe it was a little too good. The bread was made with whole milk from my Jersey cow and I served it with warm local honey and homemade butter - made of course from my Jersey cream!

Ingredients

2 packets of active dry yeast (approx. 2¼ teaspoons)

2.5 cups of warm whole milk (Heated to 110F)

1/3 cup of honey

¼ cup of melted butter

2 teaspoons of salt

7-8 cups of all-purpose flour

Olive oil

Sunflower & Sesame seeds (optional)

What you need

Double Boiler (or create your own)

Mixing bowl with cover

Whisk & Spatula

Baking dishes (x2)

Food thermometer

Oven mitts

Wire cooling rack

STEP ONE: Warm your whole milk in a double boiler until it reaches 110-115F. Pour warm milk in a large bowl (or stand mixer) and add yeast. Whisk together until yeast is fully dissolved. Mix in honey, butter and salt. Add 5 cups of flour and once well combined add remaining flour (or as much as you need to form a nice soft dough).

STEP TWO: Knead your dough on a floured board until it is smooth and elastic (which takes around 6-8 minutes). Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease both sides. Cover and let rise in a warm area until doubled (about an hour).

STEP THREE: Punch your dough back down and break into two loaves. Place loves in greased loaf pans. Cover and let ride again (about 30 minutes).

STEP FOUR: Cover loaves with a drizzle of honey, sunflower and sesame seeds. Place in pre-heated oven at 350F and bake for 30-35 min (until golden brown)

STEP FIVE:

Remove from loaf pans and let cool on a wire rack. Slice and serve!