Susanne's Most Delicious Bread

Here's how:

• 1

  Day 1

  Stir/mix all the ingredients for the pre-dough into a batter in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 11 hours.

• 2

  Day 2

  Take out the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for about 1 hour. Mix the remaining ingredients, except for the salt, for 1 minute in a stand mixer. Let it rest for 30 minutes. 

• 3

  Feel free to wait before adding all the flour so that, during the first resting period, the flour can absorb the moisture from the pre-dough and the milk.

• 4

  Then mix on low speed for about 8–10 minutes. Add the salt and mix on a higher speed for 5 minutes.

• 5

  The dough should be shiny and soft, not too stiff or hard. Let it rise for 60–90 minutes.

• 6

  Scrape the dough together with the dough scraper. It might be a little sticky, but that's how it's supposed to be. Divide the dough in half, and then divide each half into 6 pieces.

• 7

  Do not knead the dough at all; instead, be gentle, take each piece, and carefully stretch it into tea cookies, then place them on parchment paper. Let them rise under a kitchen towel for about 60–90 minutes.

• 8

  Spray the bread with water and sprinkle sesame seeds on top just before baking.

• 9

  Bake in the center of the oven at 250 °C until the bread reaches an internal temperature of 98 °C or has a nice color. About 10–13 minutes. (Feel free to use a baking stone for even better results.)