PULL APART BEAR BREAD ROLLS

Time: 35 mins + resting time
Pink Pitaya pull apart bear bread rolls, smells divine and the kids will love them!

INGREDIENTS

240 ml water (room temperature)
2 tbsp oil (we used rice bran oil)
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar 
3 cups flour
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METHOD
1 The recipe can be easily made in the bread maker otherwise using a mixer is fine. Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix/knead until a dough is formed
2
Cover the dough and let it proof for an hour
3
Whilst the dough is proofing, grease or line an 8 x 8-inch square baking tin
4
Once the dough has proofed, divide the dough into 10 pieces
5
Roll 9 of the pieces into a round shape for the bear faces and place them into the tin
6
Divide the reaming dough into 21 pieces – 12 larger portions for the ears and 9 smaller portions for the muzzle
7
Place the small parts on the bread balls in the tin
8
Cover the bread dough and allow to rest for another 30mins
9
Preheat the oven to 150C. Bake the bread for 20-25minutes
10 Enjoy!

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For the bread below we kneaded in the pitaya powder after the dough was formed. This gave more of a marble effect. We also put it in a round container to make it a circular shape. 

      Pull Apart Bread Circle