Chic Up Your Party { petite events } » Party design and planning for modern mums & kids

Ingredients

• 300 g strong wheat flour
• 1 sachet (about 5g) instant dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 level teaspoon salt
• 40 g unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 egg (medium size, about 50 gr)
• 175 ml whole milk

Directions

1. Put the flour and yeast in a bowl and combine. Add the sugar and salt
2. Pour the egg and milk into the bowl.
3. Use a large spoon (or pastry scraper) to mix everything together.
4. Take the dough out of the bowl and knead. You will feel the dough become elastic after kneading for about 5 minutes.
5. Add the butter and knead the dough for 5-10 minutes or until the dough is soft, pliable, smooth and slightly shiny, almost satiny.
6. Put the dough into a lightly floured bowl and cover with a cloth.
7. Let the dough rise in a warm place until its size doubles (1 – 1 ½ hour depending on the room temperature).
8. Preheat oven to 400º F.
9. Take the dough out of the bowl, deflate it by touching lightly.
10. Cut the dough into 16 pieces, and roll each of them (excepting one we will use for the ears) into a ball.
11. Place them on a paper parchment, and prepare small round ears with the remainig dough
12. Stick the ears to each ball with some water, and let the bread bears rest for 15 minutes.
13. Bake for about 10-15 minutes, until golden brown
14. Let the breads cool, draw the eyes and nose with a black edible writter, and serve inside a mug. Enjoy!