Spelt Brioche

Ingredients

• 90 ml milk
• 0.5 cube Yeast
• 10 g sugar (0.5 tbsp)
• 2 Eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 80 g peanut butter
• 250 g Spelt flour Type 630
• 1 egg yolk

Instructions

1. 1.

   Warm 80 ml of milk in a small pot until lukewarm and pour into a mixing bowl. Sprinkle the yeast over it and stir in the sugar.

2. 2.

   Add two eggs, a pinch of salt, and peanut butter. Sift in the spelt flour and mix everything with the dough hooks of a hand mixer until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes.

3. 3.

   Take one piece (about 80 g) from the dough and flatten it on a floured surface to about 1 cm thickness. Use cookie cutters—such as rabbits, flowers, or chicks—to cut out six shapes.

4. 4.

   Gather the remaining dough with any leftover pieces from cutting, knead together, divide into six equal portions, and shape each into a ball using floured hands. Grease six brioche molds (about 125 ml capacity) or muffin tin cups and place one dough ball in each.

5. 5.

   Separate the rest of the egg; pour the yolk into a cup (use the whites elsewhere). Whisk with the remaining milk and brush the dough balls with this mixture.

6. 6.

   Place one shaped figure on top of each ball, brush again with the yolk-milk mixture, and let rise for another 15 minutes. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan or gas level 3) on the middle rack for about 20 minutes. Remove the spelt brioche, allow to cool slightly, and serve warm.