Screw Twist

Taste: Sweet; Cooking Method: Baking; Time: 45 minutes; Difficulty: Moderate.

Steps for Making Screw Twist

All ingredients.

Sichuan pepper stir-fried and set aside.

Mix 1g dry yeast and 2g baking soda into the flour.

Knead the dough with warm water at 28-30 degrees Celsius. Use the three-finger method to press and knead the dough from the edges to the center. Slowly pour in the warm water, and do not add too much water at once. Only add the second time when the water surface has merged with the dough. Remember not to add too much water at once.

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The dough should be kneaded until it is moist, smooth, and slightly soft. Then cover it with a damp cloth or plastic wrap and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Crush the stir-fried and cooled Sichuan pepper in a bowl.

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Add the crushed Sichuan pepper to the sesame sauce and mix well.

Season with salt.

Then stir the sesame sauce into a paste and set aside.

Roll the rested dough with a rolling pin from the center to both ends.

Roll the dough into a thin sheet about 3-4mm thick.

Then spread the sesame sauce with your hands.

The reason for using hands is that the sesame sauce contains salt and Sichuan pepper, which are easy to spread evenly. If a brush is used, it is not easy to spread the salt and Sichuan pepper evenly, and the salty and spicy taste will be uneven. Hands are the best tool.

Fold the sheet from one end into a strip about 1-1.5cm wide, then roll it into a slightly flattened round roll.

Then use your hands to evenly flatten it to the desired length.

This dough is made with 250g of dry flour, and it is more suitable to make 8 pieces. First, divide the dough into 4 pieces.

Take one piece and press it slightly with your hand.

Then use a knife to cut the flattened dough in half vertically, and cut a total of 8 small long strips from 4 pieces of dough.

Then take one of the small flattened dough strips and wrap it around the tip of your index or middle finger with the cut side facing up. After wrapping it, pull it out and press the last end of the wrap into the small pit on the finger. This completes one screw twist dough.

Repeat the above steps to make 8 screw twist doughs, and then gently press them slightly flat with your hands.

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Arrange the dough pieces neatly on a baking sheet and let them rise at room temperature for 10 minutes.

Then bake in the oven at 230 degrees Celsius for about 11-13 minutes on the middle rack.

After baking, remove the screw twists from the oven and take them out of the baking sheet to serve.

Characteristics of this pastry: crispy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside, with a rich aroma and a moderate salty and sweet taste. It can be served as breakfast or a main course.