UBUNTU WOMEN

Stokbrood

A South African Favourite

Preparation Time

Takes approx. 3 hours


(only because you leave the dough to rise for 1.5 hours. Actual work is

very little!)


Cooking Time

Very Quick

Servings

15 rolls

Dietary

South African

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg white bread flour
  • 15 ml brown sugar
  • 15 ml salt
  • 25ml oil
  • 10g (1bag) yeast
  • 1L lukewarm water

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius or use a fire.
  2. Mix the flour, sugar and salt.
  3. Rub the oil into the mixture with your fingers and add the yeast.
  4. Make a hole in the middle of the flour mixture and slowly add the water while stirring.
  5. If the dough is too sticky, sprinkle over some more bread flour and knead the dough for about 6 minutes. 
  6. Leave the dough to rise somewhere warm for about 1.5 hours.

Baking the bread:

it can either be;

  • Baked in a big tray or bread pan (40cm long x 25cm wide x 15cm high) for about 1 hour as one unit.
  • Divided into smaller “balls” baked until golden brown. Can be topped with spices or flavored salts to season
  • Rolled into thin pieces (14cm long x 3cm wide) and twirled around a stick, and baked till brown. 

Using thicker sticks (2cm diameter) will yield best results, giving you space to add extra yummy ingredients (think yummy cheese sauce, a tomato chutney, thin sausage, or chocolate spread/peanut butter or even garlic butter) inside (in the hollow space) once it

has been baked and taken off the stick.