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Tiger Bread
Recipe by:
mumofsix
My kids love tiger bread, which I've always bought at the supermarket, but I devised my own tiger bread recipe to make it myself - loads cheaper and tastier!
Ready in 1 hour 15 mins
Saved by 84 cook(s)
Ingredients
Serves: 32
- 1 (7g) sachet dried active baking yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 525ml warm water (40 - 45 degrees C), divided
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 750g plain flour
- 'Tiger' paste:
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- 150ml milk
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Preparation method
Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 35 mins | Extra time: 10 mins1.
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 60ml water; let stand for 10 minutes.
2.
Add salt and remaining water to yeast mixture. Stir in 400g of the flour; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
3.
Combine the cornflour and milk and mix until smooth.
4.
Punch dough down; shape into two loaves. Place in two oiled 1kg loaf tins. Cover with the 'tiger paste' (I gently brush it on liberally with a pastry brush). Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
5.
Bake at 180 C / Gas mark 4 for 35 to 40 minutes. You'll see the 'tiger markings' appear on the crust as it bakes. Once bread is done, remove from tins and cool on wire racks.
Last updated:
30 Dec 2012
Reviews & comments
Moderately easy
I enjoyed making this, although the 'Tiger Paste' didn't work that well.
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11 Apr 2013
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Easy
I was just wondering if the milk for the tiger paste was accurate? It was not a paste but a liquid and it did not come out like I expected. Next time I'll try it with a lot less milk
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07 Apr 2013
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An't we supposed to call this 'Giraffe Bread' now?
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26 Feb 2013
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Easy
Used this recipe but the paste never worked but bread still turned out tasty also used half and half wholemeal and strong white
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30 Dec 2012
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Moderately easy
Only had one loaf tin so I made the second half of the dough into buns (uploaded a photo of the results). Very happy with the results, the "Tiger Paste" didn't turn out quite as I wanted but I think that was because I put it on after the dough had risen by mistake instead of before. Thanks for the recipe!
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27 Dec 2012
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Easy
Well the recipe was easy to follow but the outcome was not so good, first off the paste did not work at all and the outcome was possibly the worst thing ive ever made, even my dog wouldnt eat it so i do not like this recipe.
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14 Aug 2012
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Moderately easy
All in all this recipe is really good. The bread had a nice crust but sadly I didn't get any of the tiger bread pattern.
Very tasty for a quick loaf
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24 Jun 2012
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Easy
This recipe was really good for my 13 year old daughter for her food tec. she wanted to make a different type of bread and she said tiger bread would be good. The recipe is so i am going to use this over again.
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23 Apr 2012
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Something else.
A couple of key ingredients of tiger bread are sesame oil to be used in the dough mixture, And a paste made of rice flour and water to be painted on the bread mid baking to give that distinctive pattern.
Anything else just isnt tiger bread sorry
Paul
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28 May 2010
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Moderately easy
It was quite nice but mine weren't like the ones you get in the shops which was what I wanted so I was a bit disappointed but apart from that they were okay!
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11 Apr 2010
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