Glazes
The following Glazes are easy and quick to prepare and will enhance the flavour of your breads.
CHOCOLATE GLAZE
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
2⁄3 cup icing sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon cocoa, sifted
½teaspoon vanilla essence 2 tablespoons milk
HOT CROSS BUN AND BROWN BUN GLAZE
½cup icing sugar, sifted
½teaspoon allspice
¼teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons water
GELATINE GLAZE
3 tablespoons water 1½ tablespoons sugar 3 teaspoons gelatine
Procedure
. Place ingredients into a small saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar and gelatine dissolves. Brush over hot bread.
CITRUS GLAZE
½ cup icing sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
2 tablespoons lemon or orange rind
VANILLA GLAZE
½cup icing sugar, sifted
½teaspoon vanilla essence 2 tablespoons milk
Procedure:
. Combine ingredients into a small mixing bowl and stir until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.
2.When the bread has finished baking, press ‘STOP’. Remove the bread from ikon™ Baker’s Oven and the bread pan. Place bread on a rack. Brush top of loaf with glaze. Cool on rack.
EGG GLAZE/SEEDS ON TOP
1 × 60g egg, lightly beaten
Seeds (poppyseeds, linseeds, sunflower seeds, etc.)
Procedure
. Combine egg and water until smooth. Do not whisk. Strain through sieve if required.
2.Use the PAUSE function by pressing the ‘START/ PAUSE’ button at 15 minutes before the end of the BAKE cycle. Open the lid and brush glaze over bread and sprinkle with seeds if desired.
3.Close the lid and press ‘START/PAUSE’ to continue baking.
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