Cornmeal baps for Anne

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 20 baps, you will need:

• 1 100 ml water
• 2 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• 3 20 g yeast
• 4 30 g flour
• 5 300 g Maize flour (masa harina)
• 6 400 g flour
• 7 2 eggs
• 8 12 g salt
• 9 240 g milk
• Total weight: 1,207 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	5 hours	30 min.	5 hours 53 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Warm 100 ml water and pour into a bowl. Add 1 teaspoon caster sugar and 20 g yeast. Mix gently with a whisk until yeast is completely dissolved, then add 30 g flour and mix again throughly with the whisk.
2	Cover the bowl with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place for at least 2 hours. At the end of this time you will see that the contents of the bowl has fermented, and that it is bubbling and frothing slightly. This mixture is called a poolish.
3	Tip into the mixing bowl of a food processor: poolish, 300 g Maize flour (masa harina), 400 g flour, 2 eggs, and 12 g salt dissolved in 240 g milk warmed beforehand, either for several hours at room temperature, or a few seconds in the microwave.
4	Knead on slow speed for 5 to 8 minutes. Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
5	Gather dough into a ball, put in a bowl covered with a plastic sheet, and leave in a warm place for around 2 hours...
6	...until doubled in volume.
7	Cut the dough into pieces of about 50 g and roll into balls, as for ciabatta. Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest in a warm place for about an hour.
8	Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F). Brush the tops of the baps with a little milk.
9	Cut a cross in the top if you wish.
10	Bake for about 30 minutes (watch for colouring).

Remarks

These cornmeal baps are very soft, and can be eaten with either sweet or savoury additions, but are delicious on their own too.
This cornmeal bread should not be confused with the traditional American cornbread, which has a more cake-like texture.

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