Description
Soft and tender sweet yeast bread filled with smooth vanilla custard, baked until golden and comforting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk, warmed
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Combine warm milk and sugar, sprinkle yeast on top, and let become frothy.
- Add melted butter, eggs, and vanilla, then mix well.
- Stir in flour and salt to form a dough.
- Knead dough until smooth and elastic, then let rise until doubled.
- Heat milk for custard until steaming.
- Whisk sugar, egg yolks, and cornstarch, then temper with hot milk.
- Cook custard until thick, then cool completely.
- Roll dough into a rectangle and spread custard evenly.
- Roll into a log, place in loaf pan, and allow second rise.
- Bake at 350°F until golden and set.
- Cool slightly and dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
- Use warm milk, not hot, to activate yeast.
- Cool custard fully before spreading.
- Allow full rise times for best texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: International
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 210 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg