Grandma's steamed bread

Ingredients

400g plain flour

120g sugar

2 tbsp butter/margarine

1 egg

2 tsp instant yeast

150ml water

Preparation

1. Sieve the flour into a big bowl.

2. Put the sugar and butter into the bowl containing flour and mix well.

3. Dissolve 2 tsp instant yeast in 150ml water.

4. Pour the yeast solution into the flour mixture slowly. Use chopsticks to stir as you pour the liquid in.

5. Beat the egg and add in to the flour mixture. Stir to mix well. Make sure there is no lumps of flour.

6. Knead the dough or use the chopsticks to stir until well-mixed.

7. The dough is quite sticky and might be difficult to knead. Just continue to stir to make sure the dough is smooth will do.

8. Cover with a piece of damp cloth and set aside for 2-3 hours.

9. When the dough is double the size, use your hand to press out the air.

10. Take out the dough and put in on a floured surface.

11. Dust the sticky dough with a little flour and knead.

12. Knead lightly to get a smooth dough. The dough must be a bit sticky for this case.

13. Put the dough in a greased tin and set aside for another 45 minutes.

14. When the dough rises to about double the size, put it into a steamer to steam for 40 minutes.

15. The dough will rise further when it is in the steamer. Make sure the steamer is big enough or it will stick to the cover.

16. Cool it on a stainless steel rack .

17. Cut into thin slices and spread with butter to eat.