kiddy loaf

I baked this loaf of bread for the three handsome boys who live opposite Da and I in our apartment block. They are very sweet children, with the eldest only in kindergarten and the youngest around 4 years of age.

To tempt their tastebuds, I added chocolate rice and rainbow rice to what was otherwise a simple loaf of carrot bread.

I was so tempted by the colourful slices (when I sliced the loaf of bread) that I could not help eating a slice of the bread myself!

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup water
2 tsp dry milk
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup carrots (grated)
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp plain yoghurt
1 tbsp molasses
2 cups bread flour
2 tsp instant dry yeast
chocolate rice
rainbow rice

METHOD

1. Place all the ingredients (except the bread flour, yeast, chocolate rice and rainbow rice) in the bucket of the breadmaker machine.

2. Add the bread flour, making sure that the wet ingredients are totally covered.

3. Add the yeast.

4. Place the bucket in the breadmaker machine and set to "dough" cycle. Start the cycle.

5. When the cycle has been completed, turn the dough onto a floured board. Roll out the dough into a rectangle and sprinkle liberal amounts of chocolate rice and rainbow rice. Roll up the dough and place it in a loaf pan that has been greased and lined with baking paper. Slightly flatten the dough (in the loaf pan) to spread out the dough.

6. Cover the loaf pan with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in size.

7. Bake in an oven preheated to 190 degrees celsius for 35 minutes.