Name: Savoury Cheese and Thyme Plaits
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cup self-raising flour; 30 gram butter; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1 cup grated cheese (cheddar, edam or whatever you have); 1/2 cup milk, plus extra for glazing; 1/2 cup water; poppy seeds or sesame seeds, to sprinkle

Ingredients

2 cup self-raising flour

30 gram butter

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 cup grated cheese (cheddar, edam or whatever you have)

1/2 cup milk, plus extra for glazing

1/2 cup water

poppy seeds or sesame seeds, to sprinkle

Method

1.Preheat oven to 220°C. Place flour and butter in a food processor and pulse until butter forms fine crumbs. Add thyme and grated cheese. Pulse briefly to mix, then add the liquid and use short pulses to mix to a soft dough.

2.Sprinkle flour onto the bench and roll the dough in the flour so it is less sticky. Divide dough into 6 equal pieces then cut each piece into thirds.

3.Pat some flour onto your hands to stop the dough sticking. Take 3 pieces of dough and roll each into a skinny sausage about the length of a pencil. Pinch the 3 ends together then plait the strands. Tuck ends under and place on a greased baking tray. Repeat for the other 5 plaits.

4.Brush the dough with a little milk and then sprinkle with poppy seeds or sesame seeds.

5.Bake the bread plaits for 15 minutes then lower the temperature to 180°C and bake for another 10 minutes. The bread should be golden and sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.

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