Halloween Kabocha Squash Bread - Bread

Method

• Mix together all the ingredients except for the walnuts and the ones marked with a to make the dough.
• Allow the dough to rise (1st rising).
• Prepare the kabocha cream in a separate bowl by mixing together the ingredients - kabocha, cream cheese, and sugar, in the order listed.
• When the dough has risen, punch it down and divide into 8 equal portions.
• Let the dough balls rest for 15 minutes.
• Flatten out a piece of dough, spread the kabocha cream in the center, then fold it up 2/3 of the length, and roll into a cone.
• Place the cones in a circle in a greased bread pan with the pointed ends touching in the center.
• Select two whole walnut halves that look like a dried pumpkin stem when put together.
• After the bread has risen for the second time, press the walnuts down into the center of the dough, and bake for 25 minutes at 360F/180C.
• Decorate the bread with kabocha seeds.