Savory Star Bread
Baking bread is extremely therapeutic for me, be it dinner rolls or sweet bread, sourdough or pizza. The whole idea of kneading and then shaping is so fun. When I was shaping this Savory Star Bread, my son’s instant reaction was “Wow Mumma, this is one fancy bread”! It’s my first time baking a Star Bread after all. My husband loves bread, and he couldn’t stop admiring either. I was so proud to pull it off!
Filling for the Savory Star Bread
This Savory Star Bread is layered with quick homemade marinara sauce and the second layer has dijon mustard along with fried garlic butter sauce. It was flavor packed and the texture of the bread was so soft.
The bread dough for the Star Bread
The bread dough is made with all-purpose flour, but you can choose whole wheat too! I used active dry yeast. And activated the yeast in warm milk instead of water. The milk creates the soft pillowy texture. There is also little amount of butter in the dough for the richness. There are NO EGGS in the dough.
Recipe Video
Rising the bread dough
You could either rise the dough in a warm area (switch off oven with just the light on) and it should take about 2 to 3 hours. Simultaneously, you could also rise the dough in the refrigerator overnight. I tried both the version, and both works equally well.
Cold rising, the bread dough
If you rise the dough in the refrigerator overnight, then make sure to let it sit in a warm area for at least an hour before you shape the bread.
