Never get tired of eating home-cooked meals, this is the charm of home-cooked meals. Spiced bread is suitable for all ages.

Today I will share a recipe for home-style five-spiced cakes made with puff pastry. The dough cake is fluffy and delicious, full of wheat aroma and fermented aroma, easy to digest, suitable for all ages. The puff pastry is made by pouring hot oil into flour, salt, and five-spice powder, which makes the taste more fragrant and the cake easier to layer; The combined five-spice cake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and the layers are richer.

Ingredient List:

Dough: 400 grams of flour, 240 grams of water, 4 grams of yeast, 5 grams of sugar (can also be left out). (Makes two)

Puff pastry: 40 grams of flour, 4 grams of salt, appropriate amount of five-spice powder (put more if you like), 50 grams of oil.

Use 240 grams of water (cold water to ferment slowly, warm water to ferment quickly) to dissolve 4 grams of yeast, add 5 grams of sugar (can also be added), pour in 400 grams of flour, stir into a dough with chopsticks, knead into a smooth dough, so that the "three lights" face light hand light basin light, the dough is kneaded. Cover and let rise. Note: The amount of water can be increased or decreased according to the water absorption of the flour.

Put 40 grams of flour, 4 grams of salt, and an appropriate amount of five-spice powder in a bowl, pour about 50 grams of hot oil into the boiled oil, and then stir evenly until the five-spice powder is fragrant and set aside.

The dough can be fermented to 1.5 times the size, and the dough does not need to be fermented to twice the size like steamed buns.

Sprinkle dry flour on the cutting board, knead and vent, divide into two equal portions, take one of them, and roll out the rectangular dough sheet.

Spread the puff pastry evenly on the dough sheet.

Cut three knives up and down, and my other cake was cut with two knives up and down, and made a comparison: the cake with three knives each cut has many layers but is not as obvious as the two knives each; The cake with two knives each is not as many as the three knives each, but the layers are clear. Therefore, for 200 grams of flour to make a dough cake, it is more appropriate to cut two knives up and down.

As shown in the figure, the beginning is to fold up to the middle, then down to the middle, and then the folded part to the right, and then fold in turn to get a square cake blank.

Fold the four corners down to form a circle, or you can continue with a square.

Gently roll out some from the middle to all sides, try to make the cake have a certain thickness (so that there are layers) and the thickness should be even, and keep the texture of the cake unchanged. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise again for about 10 minutes, brush the pan with a layer of oil, heat it and put in the cake blank, and brush a thin layer of oil on top to lock in moisture. (You can also brush a layer of water, sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds, black and white can be), cover the lid, use medium and low heat throughout the whole process, I used the fire on the outer ring of the natural gas stove just extinguished, and the fire in the inner circle is the largest to make cakes.

Sear until the top is discolored, the bottom is colored, and turn over. Close the lid and continue to searing.

Sear until golden brown on both sides, cover and simmer for another two minutes, press the edges, and quickly rebound, indicating that the cake is fully cooked.

The five-spice dough cake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It is the most suitable for breakfast, which can be made the night before, fermented at room temperature in winter, and refrigerated in summer. With a cup of five-grain soy milk, it is a nutritious and delicious breakfast.

Tips:

Don't leave the baked cake directly open, my method is to put it on the steamer and close the lid. The heat is rising from each other, and the cake will not be hard when it is cold, and it will dry when it is left open.