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Put 140 ml of milk and the tea leaves in a small pan and heat.
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Use small chopped tea leaves.
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When the milk comes to a boil, turn off the heat and cover.
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Leave to cool.
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Pour the milk into a measuring cup, tea leaves and all.
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Add milk up to the 140 ml mark if needed.
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Make the apple filling.
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Cut the apple into 1 cm dice.
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Put the apple, sugar, and butter in a pan, and saute.
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When the butter and sugar have melted and everything is well mixed, simmer over medium-low heat until there's no liquid left in the pan, stirring occasionally.
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When the liquid is gone and the apple pieces are translucent, slightly golden brown, and glossy, the filling is done.
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Leave it to cool down completely.
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Put everything but the yeast and apple in the bread machine pan.
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Put the yeast in the yeast compartment, and press the start button.
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The baking program differs depending on the bread machine.
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Choose the one that lets you add the apple halfway through, and also lets you take the dough out after the first rising...
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...so that you can form the dough in the way you like.
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Press Start.
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When the machine beeps, open the lid and add the apples.
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Restart the machine.
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(A Panasonic Home Bakery machine re-starts automatically after 3 minutes.)
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After the program is done (1st rising), take the dough out of the machine.
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Measure the dough and divide into 9 pieces.
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Lightly roll each piece into a ball.
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Ref: With about 450 g of dough, you can can make 9 portions that are about 50g each.
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Cover the dough balls with a moistened kitchen towel so they don't dry out.
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Leave to rest for 10 minutes.
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Press down evenly on each ball on a work surface or between your hands to deflate them.
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Form each piece of deflated dough into a smooth ball again, and place in muffin cups with the seam side down.
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Repeat for all 9 portions.
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and leave to rise at 105F/40C for 15 minutes.
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(Preheat the oven to 105F/40C in advance.)
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After letting the dough rise in the oven for 15 minutes, take it out and let it rise at room temperature for about 10 to 15 minutes.
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(This is because the oven needs to be preheated to bake the bread.)
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Preheat the oven to 375F/190C, starting as soon as you take the baking sheet out.
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The dough should rise to about 70-80% of the height of the muffin cups.
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It's the same if you let them rise at room temperature for the whole 2nd rising.
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Bake in a 375F/190C oven for about 14 minutes.
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Transfer the baked bread on a cooling rack.
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When they've cooled down, they're done!
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If you have the type of bread machine where the yeast is added to the baking pan, be sure to keep it away from the salt.
