Turning Breads into Cute Hedgehogs: A Delicious and Adorable Project

I'm turning it into cute as a button hedgehogs which will have a sweet Pecan filling they're fluffy gooey on the inside and totally adorable. To get started, I'll get a quarter cup of sugar and then I'm gonna add three and a quarter cups of all-purpose flour and I'm gonna keep my flour standing by to add more to dusted as needed and a teaspoon of kosher salt. I'll whisk twist to combine and then I'll mix up my wet ingredients.

All right now for my wet ingredients, I'll crack two eggs into a separate Bowl Hala has to have eggs it gives the dough that signature richness and then I'll add a third of a cup of oil I'm using a flavorless oil here good Hollow recipes have a fair amount of sugar and oil so that they're extra rich and sweet. And I'll whisk this to combine now I have my egg mixture, my dry ingredients, and I also have some active dry yeast proofing in one and a half cups of water with a teaspoon of sugar because yeast loves sugar it's foamy now and so it's ready to add.

Now I'll stir this and get it kneading and you can do this by hand or with the stand mixer. Now let this go for about seven to ten minutes until it's smooth and slightly sticky, I'll add a little flour if it seems too sticky but I want to be careful not to add too much otherwise the hollow could dry out all right this dough looks beautiful it's so soft.

Okay I'm going to stretch this into a ball gorgeous and I'll grab a clean Bowl I'll add a little oil to the bottom of the bowl so that the dough doesn't stick, I'll judge it around and get the dough all coated in that oil flip it over and now I'm going to cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise while my dough Rises.

I'll make my pecan filling it's sweet and mapley and it's a great texture inside of a fluffy challah to get started, I'll get a quarter cup of softened butter and this is really soft because I'm mixing it by hand and then I'm going to add three quarters of a cup of sugar and I'll just Mash this together with my spatula next I'll season it with a pinch of salt and I'll flavor it with some vanilla, it goes so nicely with pecans.

And I'm going to add an egg white to hold the filling together so that it doesn't leak out of the Hedgehogs and I'll save the egg yolk for the egg wash on top of them, I'll mix this together I love stuffing my challah with a filling either Savory or sweet, so I have some ground pecans here and I'm going to add a cup and a half of them and it'll make kind of like a pasty situation.

And now I'm ready to stuff the bellies of my hedgehogs, I'll dust my Surface with some flour so that it doesn't stick and then I'll dump the dough out and divide it into 14 equal pieces, I'm gonna have 14 new friends now I'll just roll these into balls which will help them flatten into a circle once I roll them out.

And I'll place about a tablespoon of my pecan filling into the center and then pinch the edges to seal them shut and I'll place them seam side down back onto my Surface, and then these will rise for another 30 minutes time to bring these hedgehogs to life.

I'll brush them with an egg wash which will make them nice and shiny and now I'll snip their little ears slightly off center and I don't want to go all the way down to the filling so only about a quarter inch ears. And at this point they could be cats, they could be bunnies but hedgehogs are the silliest.

And now I'm gonna give them eyes with black sesame seeds and my tweezers will come in handy for this they're starting to look like hedgehogs I'm Gonna Bake these now at 375 for about 20 minutes until they're golden brown and then they'll get their quills.

So to decorate our hedgehogs, I'll add a nice big circle of glaze on top and this is just powdered sugar and milk glaze okay and now I'm gonna start at the back and they can kind of stick up to give it some Dimension and then you have to overlap them so that they start to spike up.

It's so nice the way they stick, I mean this is really easy to do yeah it's a really sticky glaze it's really fun it's important to get thick leaves nice and thick with a lot of powdered sugar okay that'll help it stay I love doing this,

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enPaula is hands down one of my favorite Breads in the world today I'm turning it into cute as a button hedgehogs which will have a sweet Pecan filling they're fluffy gooey on the inside and totally adorable to get started I'll get a quarter cup of sugar and then I'm gonna add three and a quarter cups of all-purpose flour and I'm gonna keep my flower standing by to add more to dusted as needed and a teaspoon of kosher salt I'll whisk twist to combine and then I'll mix up my wet ingredients all right now for my wet ingredients I'll crack two eggs into a separate Bowl Hala has to have eggs it gives the dough that signature richness and then I'll add a third of a cup of oil I'm using a flavorless oil here good Hollow recipes have a fair amount of sugar and oil so that they're extra rich and sweet and I'll whisk this to combine now I have my egg mixture my dry ingredients and I also have some active dry yeast proofing in one and a half cups of water with a teaspoon of sugar because yeast loves sugar it's foamy now and so it's ready to add and now I'll stir this and get it kneading and you can do this by hand or with the stand mixer now let this go for about seven to ten minutes until it's smooth and slightly sticky I'll add a little flour if it seems too sticky but I want to be careful not to add too much otherwise the hollow could dry out all right this dough looks beautiful it's so soft okay I'm going to stretch this into a ball gorgeous and I'll grab a clean Bowl I'll add a little oil to the bottom of the bowl so that the dough doesn't stick I'll judge it around and get the dough all coated in that oil flip it over and now I'm going to cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise while my dough Rises I'll make my pecan filling it's sweet and mapley and it's a great texture inside of a fluffy challah to get started I'll get a quarter cup of softened butter and this is really soft because I'm mixing it by hand and then I'm going to add three quarters of a cup of sugar and I'll just Mash this together with my spatula next I'll season it with a pinch of salt and I'll flavor it with some vanilla it goes so nicely with pecans and I'm going to add an egg white to hold the filling together so that it doesn't leak out of the Hedgehogs and I'll save the egg yolk for the egg wash on top of them I'll mix this together I love stuffing my challah with a filling either Savory or sweet so I have some ground pecans here and I'm going to add a cup and a half of them and it'll make kind of like a pasty situation and this will make it easier to scoop into the bellies of the hedgehogs and now I'm ready to stuff the bellies of my hedgehogs I'll dust my Surface with some flour so that it doesn't stick and then I'll dump the dough out and divide it into 14 equal pieces I'm gonna have 14 new friends now I'll just roll these into balls which will help them flatten into a circle once I roll them out and I'll place about a tablespoon of my pecan filling into the center and then pinch the edges to seal them shut and I'll place them seam side down back onto my Surface and then these will rise for another 30 minutes time to bring these hedgehogs to life I'll brush them with an egg wash which will make them nice and shiny and now I'll snip their little ears slightly off center and I don't want to go all the way down to the filling so only about a quarter inch ears and at this point they could be cats they could be bunnies but hedgehogs are the silliest and now I'm gonna give them eyes with black sesame seeds and my tweezers will come in handy for this they're starting to look like hedgehogs I'm Gonna Bake these now at 375 for about 20 minutes until they're golden brown and then they'll get their quills so to decorate our hedgehogs I'll add a nice big circle of glaze on top and this is just powdered sugar and milk glaze okay and now I'm gonna start at the back and they can kind of stick up to give it some Dimension and then you have to overlap them so that they start to spike up it's so nice the way they stick I mean this is really easy to do yeah it's a really sticky glaze it's really fun it's important to get thick leaves nice and thick with a lot of powdered sugar okay that'll help it stay I love doing this foreignPaula is hands down one of my favorite Breads in the world today I'm turning it into cute as a button hedgehogs which will have a sweet Pecan filling they're fluffy gooey on the inside and totally adorable to get started I'll get a quarter cup of sugar and then I'm gonna add three and a quarter cups of all-purpose flour and I'm gonna keep my flower standing by to add more to dusted as needed and a teaspoon of kosher salt I'll whisk twist to combine and then I'll mix up my wet ingredients all right now for my wet ingredients I'll crack two eggs into a separate Bowl Hala has to have eggs it gives the dough that signature richness and then I'll add a third of a cup of oil I'm using a flavorless oil here good Hollow recipes have a fair amount of sugar and oil so that they're extra rich and sweet and I'll whisk this to combine now I have my egg mixture my dry ingredients and I also have some active dry yeast proofing in one and a half cups of water with a teaspoon of sugar because yeast loves sugar it's foamy now and so it's ready to add and now I'll stir this and get it kneading and you can do this by hand or with the stand mixer now let this go for about seven to ten minutes until it's smooth and slightly sticky I'll add a little flour if it seems too sticky but I want to be careful not to add too much otherwise the hollow could dry out all right this dough looks beautiful it's so soft okay I'm going to stretch this into a ball gorgeous and I'll grab a clean Bowl I'll add a little oil to the bottom of the bowl so that the dough doesn't stick I'll judge it around and get the dough all coated in that oil flip it over and now I'm going to cover it with plastic wrap and let it rise while my dough Rises I'll make my pecan filling it's sweet and mapley and it's a great texture inside of a fluffy challah to get started I'll get a quarter cup of softened butter and this is really soft because I'm mixing it by hand and then I'm going to add three quarters of a cup of sugar and I'll just Mash this together with my spatula next I'll season it with a pinch of salt and I'll flavor it with some vanilla it goes so nicely with pecans and I'm going to add an egg white to hold the filling together so that it doesn't leak out of the Hedgehogs and I'll save the egg yolk for the egg wash on top of them I'll mix this together I love stuffing my challah with a filling either Savory or sweet so I have some ground pecans here and I'm going to add a cup and a half of them and it'll make kind of like a pasty situation and this will make it easier to scoop into the bellies of the hedgehogs and now I'm ready to stuff the bellies of my hedgehogs I'll dust my Surface with some flour so that it doesn't stick and then I'll dump the dough out and divide it into 14 equal pieces I'm gonna have 14 new friends now I'll just roll these into balls which will help them flatten into a circle once I roll them out and I'll place about a tablespoon of my pecan filling into the center and then pinch the edges to seal them shut and I'll place them seam side down back onto my Surface and then these will rise for another 30 minutes time to bring these hedgehogs to life I'll brush them with an egg wash which will make them nice and shiny and now I'll snip their little ears slightly off center and I don't want to go all the way down to the filling so only about a quarter inch ears and at this point they could be cats they could be bunnies but hedgehogs are the silliest and now I'm gonna give them eyes with black sesame seeds and my tweezers will come in handy for this they're starting to look like hedgehogs I'm Gonna Bake these now at 375 for about 20 minutes until they're golden brown and then they'll get their quills so to decorate our hedgehogs I'll add a nice big circle of glaze on top and this is just powdered sugar and milk glaze okay and now I'm gonna start at the back and they can kind of stick up to give it some Dimension and then you have to overlap them so that they start to spike up it's so nice the way they stick I mean this is really easy to do yeah it's a really sticky glaze it's really fun it's important to get thick leaves nice and thick with a lot of powdered sugar okay that'll help it stay I love doing this foreign\n"