Parol Bread (Star Bread)
This Parol Bread or Star Bread is made in the shape of a Filipino Lantern called a Parol. It's filled with a sweet buttery bread crumb filling similar to what you will find in Spanish Bread.
Servings: 10 People
Equipment
- Stand Mixer with Dough Hook
- Baking Pan
- Silicon Mat
- Pizza Cutter or butter knife
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 Cup Milk at room temperature
- 3 Eggs at room temperature
- ½ Cup Butter Melted but cooled to room temperature
- ¼ Cup Sugar
- 1 Packet Instant Active Yeast
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 3 Cups Bread Flour
Filling
- ½ Cup Butter Soft at room temperature
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- ¾ Cup Panko or Bread Crumbs
- 2 Tablespoons Milk
Finishing Ingredients
- 1 Egg for egg wash
- 2 Tablespoons Butter Melted for brushing
- 2 Tablespoons Coarse Sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
Make the Dough
- In your mixing bowl add in the sugar, salt, yeast, milk, butter and eggs. Mix well.1 Cup Milk at room temperature, 3 Eggs at room temperature, ½ Cup Butter Melted but cooled to room temperature, ¼ Cup Sugar, 1 Packet Instant Active Yeast, 1 Teaspoon Salt
- Add the bread flour. Use your dough hook to lightly mix until all the liquid is absorbed by the flour. Cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes.3 Cups Bread Flour
- After 10 minutes with your mixer set to 3 kneed the dough for 12-15 minutes, until it is nice and soft and elastic. Prepare another bowl by brushing it all over with oil. Shape the Parol Bread dough into a ball and place in the prepared bowl. Cover and leave to rise for 2 hours or even overnight in the refrigerator.
Shaping and Baking
- After the dough has risen and double in punch down the dough and transfer to a clean work surface. Leave to rest for a few minutes.
- Meanwhile make the filling by placing the panko or bread crumbs in a bowl along with the brown sugar, soft butter and milk or egg nog. Mix until fully combined.½ Cup Butter Soft at room temperature, ½ Cup Brown Sugar, ¾ Cup Panko or Bread Crumbs, 2 Tablespoons Milk
- Pre-Heat oven to 350F.
- Back to the Parol Bread dough. On a clean work surface shape it into a disk and cut into 4 equal portions. Take one portion and roll it out about 10 inches round. Use a 9 inch plate and place it on top of the rolled out dough and cut out a perfect circle. Place this dough circle on a baking sheet. Divide the breadcrumb filling into 3 portions and spread it all around the dough circle. Roll cut out circles of dough with the remaining portions. Spread the remaining breadcrumb filling over the second and 3rd dough circles as well. Place the 4th and final dough circle on top. This will have no filling.
- Use a cookie cutter or jar cap that is about 3 inches in diameter to mark the middle. Press it in lightly just to make an indent. Use a butter knife or pizza cutter to cut 10 strips of dough around the marker.
- To shape into a star take a pair of dough and twist it away from each other two times to get a spiral and then pinch the ends together. Repeat for the other strips of dough until you get a 5 point star.
- Brush with egg wash. We will not do a second rise here. The heat of the oven will take care of that for us for this bread. Place in the oven and bake at 350 for 25 minutes.1 Egg for egg wash
- After baking to finish off the Parol Bread brush it all over with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Place on a serving plater.2 Tablespoons Butter Melted for brushing, 2 Tablespoons Coarse Sugar for sprinkling