Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread Recipe | Paneer Cheese Stuffed Christmas Bread in Air Fryer
Christmas tree pull-apart bread is a simple bread in the shape of a Christmas tree stuffed with paneer and cheese.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Wheat flour 2 cups
- Honey 2 tsp
- Dry Yeast 2 tsp
- Salt ½ tsp
- Milk/Water 1 cup - 2tbsp
- Butter 4 tbsp
Stuffing
- Paneer 100 grams
- Salt as required
- Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
- Red chilli powder ¾ tsp
- Coriander Powder ½ tsp
- Cumin Powder ¼ tsp
- Pepper powder ½ tsp
- Garam masala ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp finely chopped
- Cheese ½ cup
Instructions
Making dough
- Take milk in a bowl and warm in a microwave for 15 seconds.
- Add honey and yeast to warm water.
- Mix it nicely and keep it aside for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes yeast mixture should be frothy.
- Take flour and salt in a bowl and mix them nicely
- Add the frothy yeast mixture and knead to a dough.
- Now add butter and knead for 10-12 minutes till it is smooth and soft.
- Cover and allow it to rise till it doubles in size.
Making stuffing
- Grate the paneer in the bowl.
- Add salt and all other masalas to it
- Mix it nicely till combined and add finely chopped coriander leaves to it.
- Paneer stuffing is ready.
- Grate the cheese and keep it ready.
Shaping and Baking
- After the dough doubles, punch the dough and knead for 2-3 minutes.
- Roll the dough and cut in the shape of a triangle.
- Similarly, make another triangle shape dough.
- Place the paneer stuffing on the dough.
- Spread layer of grated cheese to it.
- Cover the dough on top of the stuffing.
- Cut thin strips on both sides with a knife or pizza cutter.
- Swirl the strips on both sides so it looks like a tree.
- Grease the baking tray with oil or butter and place the Christmas tree on it.
- Brush the top layer with milk
- Allow it to rest for 15 minutes
- Preheat the air fryer at 180C for 3 minutes
- Place the baking tray and bake at the same temperature for 20-25 minutes
- Remove from the air fryer and brush it with butter.
- Paneer cheese stuffed Christmas tree bread is ready.
Notes
Proofing yeast is very important for breads. You can use 1 tsp of instant yeast instead of active dry yeast.
If the yeast is not active don't proceed further. There can be few reasons for yeast to be inactive. Yeast is very old and reaching expiry date. Quality of yeast is not good. If you add yeast to very hot water it will kill the yeast. Proofing of yeast is very important for any bread recipes.
Always allow the dough to double in size. Don't go by the timing as it will be different in different climatic conditions.
You can shape them as you wish and use other vegetable or meat for the stuffing.