Sweet Vanilla Bread

Such bread can easily be served with tea or milk.

Ingredients

• Dry yeast – 2 1/2 teaspoon.
• Sugar – 1/2 teaspoon.
• Warm water – 1/2 cup
• Flour – 1/3 cup
• Milk – 1/3 cup
• Sugar – 1/4 cup
• A pinch of salt
• Vanilla extract – 4 teaspoon
• Seeds of one vanilla pod
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Flour – 2 1/4 cups
• Unsalted butter (softened) – 100 g

For glaze:

• Unsalted butter (melted) – 3 tbsp
• Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
• Unrefined sugar – 1/4 cup

Directions

1. Cut the butter into cubes and set aside. Prepare the dough. Pour warm water into a bowl and add yeast and 1/2 teaspoon of white sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes to allow the yeast to dissolve in the water. Then pour 1/3 cup flour into a bowl and stir until smooth. Cover the dough and place it in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes. Heat the milk in a small saucepan over low heat. Pour some salt and 1/4 cup sugar into a saucepan. Remove the saucepan from the stove and let it stand for 2-3 minutes at room temperature.
2. Pour milk from a saucepan into a large bowl, add vanilla extract, vanilla seeds, and eggs, mix well. Add the dough to this mixture and gradually add the remaining flour (3/4 cup at a time). Then add softened butter. Knead a homogeneous dough. Cover the bowl with the dough and place it in a warm place to rise for about 2 hours (the dough should double in volume).
3. Cover two medium-sized baking sheets with parchment. Put the dough from a bowl on a cutting surface, knead well and divide into two parts. Roll each part into an oval about 20×23 cm in size. Place the blanks on baking sheets, cover, and put in a warm place for an hour. Turn on the oven to preheat to 190 degrees.
4. Prepare the icing. In a bowl, combine melted butter and vanilla extract. Grease the dough that has come up with icing and sprinkle with unrefined sugar. Place the baking sheets in a preheated oven and bake sweet bread for about 25 minutes, until golden brown.
5. Serve the vanilla sweet bread warm.