• Ethiopian Honey Bread
  • Ethiopian Honey Bread

    • KronJäst
    • 2 loaves of bread
    • 30 min
    • 2 hours

    A delicious Ethiopian bread with a rich flavor of various spices.

    3.5/5

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    Here's how:

    • 1

      Dissolve the yeast in the water and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Mix together the eggs, honey, cilantro, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in another mixing bowl.

    • 2

      Add the yeast mixture to the spice mixture and stir to combine. Add the butter and milk. Add the flour and mix until you have a smooth dough. Then cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise for 1 hour.

    • 3

      Preheat the oven to 250 °C and place a pan with 0.5 L of water on the bottom rack of the oven.

    • 4

      Knead the dough and shape it into two loaves. Place the loaves on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle a little flour over them. Make a few light cuts in the loaves, place them in the oven, and lower the temperature to 190 °C.

    • 5

      Bake the loaves for about 45 minutes at 190 °C. Leave the pan of water in the oven while the bread is baking.


    Tip!
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    Ingredients

    • 50 g (1 packet) KronJäst for Bread, fresh
    • 100 g (1 dl) water, lukewarm
    • 250 g (2.5 dl) milk, lukewarm
    • 780 g (about 13 dl) all-purpose flour + a little extra for dusting the loaves 
    • 50 g (1) egg
    • 90 g (0.7 dl) honey
    • 50 g (0.5 dl) unsalted butter
    • 9 g (3 tsp) ground coriander
    • 18 g (3 tsp) sea salt
    • 1.5 g (0.5 tsp) ground cinnamon
    • 1.5 g (0.5 tsp) ground cloves

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