SOFT CRESCENT ROLLS

I made same recipe for Cozonac/Panetone, I cut it in triangles and I fill them with very tick fruit butter,Turkish delight, fruit confit or chocolate. I filled mine with a very tick plum butter.
Again I use a bread machine, because making the dough is a very elaborate process (the dough is very sensitive on temperature drafts in the kitchen) but make easy my recipe.
I also use metric system because is more accurate.

For the dough:
    6 yolks
750 grams flower  
225 grams sugar
200 grams soft butter 
450 milliliters milk 
  50 grams dry yeast
      vanilla essence
      pinch of salt
      lemon or orange zest from a lemon (not necessary)
    
Put all ingredients in bread maker and start the machine like is making any French bread whit the exception: do not let the cycles to finish baking; just after the first cycle stop the machine and start it again; do this at least three to four times and stop the machine. I do this because I want more air in my dough. Leave the dough in to rise at least half of hour to an hour the most.
Now is the time to start your stove at 250 F.

Grease your work surface, put he dough on top, divide it in fist size pieces. I use my hands to gently flatten the dough approximated in square shape ( I try to preserve the air in) and then cut them on diagonally.

At this time you can grease the pans (meat loaf pans are perfect) and start dropping the filling on the largest edge of the triangle. Roll the dough gently and finish with the tip of the triangle on the bottom of the roll. Lift the roll and place it in the greased pan.



Beat an egg yolk whit a table spoon of water and brush the rolls, sprinkle sugar on top, place trays in stove and turn it off (remember is already warmed at 250F).



Leave the rolls to puff up first for 15-30 minutes, and then bake it at 400F for 30 minutes.

 

FRIED BREAD

This is a very simple recipe. You can make it with any type of yeast bread sweet or not.
I prefer mine a little sweet and this is my own touch. 
Ingredients:
3/4 cup warm milk
2+1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar 
2 whole eggs
1/2 stick soft butter
1 ts active dry yeast
1 ts vanilla extract
some lemon zest
pinch of salt


To make the dough by bread machine I just place everything in the kneading container and I let the machine work just enough to form the dough. I let it rest in a greased  and covered with plastic wrap bowl for 1 hour I cut the dough in different shapes on a greased counter top and let the cuttings to rest a little more till they'll puff up. I heat cooking oil in a pan and I fry the dough carefully not to splash myself. Fri the cuttings on all the sides by turning them around and placing them on the paper towels to remove any excess grease when are done. Before I plate them I role them in powdered sugar.
It is possible to make the dough in food processor or it can be done by kneading the ingredients with a little milk at the time til the dough is keeping its shape.