Bread Knots Recipe

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After we came to the US, this was probably the only weekend when we were not going anywhere. There are so many things to see around LA and because we are here only for a very short period, all our weekends were booked.

So I thought of making these knots. These are very easy to make but you have to be really patient. Give the dough enough time to mature and you get these soft and chewy knots. All the ingredients were available in my pantry, so it was just a matter of few minutes to do the dough.

Ingredients

• All purpose flour-2 cups
• Active dry yeast-1\2 tbsp
• Luke warm water-1\2 cup
• Salt-1 tsp
• Sugar-2 tbsp
• Vegetable oil-2 tbsp
• Egg-1
• Egg white-1
• Basil seeds

Procedure

1. In a bowl, add water and yeast and keep aside for 5 minutes
2. In another bowl, add flour, sugar and salt and mix
3. Add yeast water in the dry ingredients and knead to make a dough
4. Knead the dough for 5-6 minutes
5. Oil a bowl and keep the dough in it, covered with a cling film
6. Let it rest for at least 2 hours
7. The dough will double in size
8. Punch the dough and divide into 10 equal balls
9. Roll each ball to approx 10 inches and join the 2 ends
10. Insert the ends inside the loop to make a knot
11. Line a baking sheet with butter paper and keep these knots on the sheet
12. Keep covered for another hour
13. Mix 2 tbsp water in the egg white to make egg wash
14. Brush the knots with egg wash and sprinkle some basil seed
15. Bake in a pre heated oven for 15 mins at 360 degrees

The knots tastes best when they are out straight from the oven. But you can microwave them and eat later as well. Enjoy them with butter or marmalade and a hot cup of tea.