Quick & Beginner-Friendly ❤️ Savory Bacon, Veggie & Cheese Bread Boats

If you love savory bread, don't miss this recipe ❤️❤️❤️

🍞Ingredients:

🎈Bread dough: Bread flour 230g, sugar 10g, salt 3g, egg 20g, milk 120g (flour absorption varies, so hold back 15g and add gradually), instant dry yeast 3g, butter 15g.

🎈Toppings: Mixed diced vegetables, several strips of bacon, egg wash for brushing, shredded mozzarella/cheddar cheese, (grated parmesan cheese and dried parsley flakes are optional).

🍞Instructions:

1️⃣Pan-fry or bake the bacon until 70% to 80% cooked, or use it raw. I baked mine at 190°C for 7 minutes. Set aside.

2️⃣Place all dough ingredients except the butter into the mixer bowl and mix until it reaches the thick membrane stage (medium gluten development). Add the butter and continue mixing until it reaches the full windowpane stage (thin, translucent membrane).

3️⃣Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces and shape each into a tight ball (boule). Cover with plastic wrap and give them a 15-minute bench rest. Roll each piece out into an oval sheet roughly the size of your paper baking boats (as shown in Photo 3). Place the dough sheets into the paper boats (if you don't have paper boats, place them directly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper).

4️⃣Assemble the toppings: lay a strip of bacon on each dough sheet (if pre-cooked, trim it to match the length of the bread; if raw, leave it a bit longer since it shrinks during baking). Scatter the diced vegetables on top, brush the exposed dough edges with egg wash, and top with shredded cheese, grated parmesan, and dried parsley.

5️⃣Cover with plastic wrap for the second proof (final proof) for about 40 minutes. Bake at 190°C for about 15 minutes. (Adjust according to how your oven runs.)

❤️Compared to Pullman loaves, these savory buns save a lot of time and are super quick and convenient. If you don't have bacon, you can easily swap in sausages. When shaping for sausages, press the sausage firmly down into the center of the dough so the two sides rise slightly higher, creating a little cradle in the middle.