Suikerbrood | Dutch sugar bread

Servings

1 bread

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

3 hours

Cuisine

Dutch

Super simple. Very tasty! A Dutch delicacy, this recipe is originally made in Friesland, a province in the Netherlands! This is delicious as a snack, dessert with some ice cream or just whenever you want! A little bit of butter and everyone will love it!

Suikerbrood | Dutch sugar bread

Ingredients

    Dough

    • 350 gr wheat flour
    • 150 ml whole milk
    • 30 g white caster sugar
    • 25 g butter
    • 7 g instant yeast
    • 7 grams of salt
    • 3 tbsp ginger syrup
    • 1 egg

    Filling

    • 175 g pearl sugar 
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 20 g butter

    Further needed

    • Sunflower oil
    • 25 g pearl sugar
    • Granulated sugar
    • 1 egg
    • Some butter

    Directions

    1. Add the ingredients for the dough to a bowl and knead for 20 minutes.
    2. Grease a bowl with some sunflower oil, put in the dough, cover with a warm wet towel and let is rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size
    3. Mix all the ingredients for the filling
    4. Press flat the dough and spread ⅓ of the filling on it. Fold the dough in three. Press flat again and  spread ½ of the filling, fold in three. Repeat one more time. Press the dough flat so it is even wide as your baking tray and roll the dough into a big sausage shape.
    5. Grease the baking tray, put in some baking paper, grease the baking paper, sprinkle with granulated sugar.
    6. Layer 25 gr of pearl sugar in the bottom and put in the dough with the fold edge on the bottom.
    7. Cover the dough and let it rise for 1 hour
    8. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius or 400 degrees Fahrenheit
    9. Brush the top of the dough with a beaten egg and sprinkle with some pearl sugar.
    10. Place a cup of water in the oven together with the bread and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown
    11. Let the bread cooldown, serve and enjoy!