Hi guys and welcome back to my channel .
In today's video .
I'm sharing with you all my hops for Ham recipe .
This is the hops that I make when I make my Christmas ham .
So if you guys would like to see how to make this homemade hops bread .
Keep watching .
So to make this , I have in my jug , I have milk and water mixed .
I'm adding in my yeast and in goes some brown sugar .
I'm going to give that a mix and just allow this to sit for about 10 minutes .
We're going to activate that yeast .
I'm not gonna let it form up a lot .
I'm going to transfer it into a bigger container because I'm afraid that it can overflow if the container is too small .
So once it's been sitting for that 10 minutes , go in with the rest of your brown sugar .
Next goes in salt and melted butter .
Now you're going to give this a mix , make sure that that salt has been dissolved .
Next , we're going to add this to our flour and we're going to add it a little at a time and we're going to be using our hands to grab that flour and mix it together with that milk mixture .
Do it in small batches guys and as you are mixing and it comes together , set a batch aside , mix another batch , set a side .
This is the easiest way I can tell you all to need flour .
So go ahead and do it in batches , set it aside and continue to need until all the flour comes together .
And then we're going to bring all of those batches together into one big dough .
So I like needing this really well until it comes into that bowl .
Now , we're going to take our hands , squeeze and turn , squeeze and turn .
This is just my method of when I need flour .
This is how I need it .
So besides the squeezing and thinning , I like to take my knuckles and press down on the flour to press down really well for a couple of minutes and then we're going to bring it in to a boil .
So bring from the outer into the center and once you form it into that bowl , you're going to cover it and allow it to rest until it doubles in size .
It will take up to one hour .
So make sure and keep it in a warm place and it will double really quickly .
So remove your plastic wrap and punch down on your dough .
If you put it in your oven with a pot of hot water , your dough will rise even faster .
So that's just a quick tip .
Don't put it in your microwave .
I used to do that , but I've stopped , I'm forming it back into a dough ball and I'm going to cover it again and allow it to double again with triple proofing this dough .
So once it has doubled , it took another hour .
I'm removing the plastic again and I'm punching down , you wanna remove all of the air that's in the bread .
So now we're going to go ahead and break our dough into small portions .
I'm making my dough balls really small guys .
If you wanted a bigger hot spread , make them bigger .
My dough was about 2 to 3 inches in diameter and I got 15 , no balls out of this .
So what I'm going to do now , once you've made out all of your doable , spritz them with a little bit of butter or oil and then you're going to cover it with plastic wrap .
The plastic , the spritz in allows you to put that plastic wrap and when it rises , it does not stick to the plastic wrap .
So you see how it has doubled in size .
Now it's time to place it into our oven and we're going to bake these until they're golden brown .
They should take around 40 minutes to bake once they're nice and golden , take them out and then I'm going to spritz it with some more of that butter .
You can brush it with butter if you want , feel free to omit the spritz and , but it's all up to you .
So once it's been cooled down , you can go ahead and pull your bread apart and you'd want to store it while it's nice and warm .
So it stays soft .
Look how soft this bread is .
I know it's a little bit on the small side and that was my intention to make it small .
So remember you guys can double the size of this if you wanted to .
So I'm cutting it open so you all can see how amazing the inside looks .
It's pillowy soft .
Look how light and fluffy this bread is .
So guys , how easy was that to make ?
I hope you all enjoy today's recipe .
I hope you give it a try when you're making your ham this Christmas season .
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