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Agege Bread (Nigerian Agege Bread)

Agege bread is very popular in Nigeria, it’s a Nigerian style of sandwich bread. I would say it is a staple of most homes. Some people always target most Agege bread hawkers coming out of the bakery to buy it fresh from the oven. You can eat Agege bread with anything edible, just name it, is it groundnut, sardines, beans, tea, stew, fried or boiled egg, soup, or just by itself? Now, you don’t need to wait for bread sellers or go to the bakery yourself. Get into the kitchen and prepare yourself the famous Agege bread.

If you need to convert the measuring cups use US Cups conversion

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Agege Bread (Nigerian Agege Bread)
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 
Course: Breakfast
Keyword: Nigerian Agege bread
Servings: 2 Loaves
Ingredients
  • 4 1/2-5 Cups Bread Flour/All- purpose flour (plus more for dusting)
  • 2 1/4 Teaspoons Active Yeast (1 packet)
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 1 1/2 Cup Whole milk
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
Instructions
  1. Proof yeast:  In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, sprinkle a little sugar over it, and set aside for about 5 minutes or until it foams. If you're using instant yeast you don't need to proof the yeast, just add it to the flour directly.

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  2. Sift flour in a large bowl, add sugar, salt, and vitamin c, and mix.

    Agege bread, Nigerian agege bread, Agege bread loaf,
  3. In a small bowl, melt butter beat egg into it, add milk and whisk together.

  4. Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients; mix flour, yeast, and egg mixture to make a soft dough. You can use a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer for the process. Sprinkle more flour if you need to because the humidity in your kitchen will determine if you need to add more or less. Start adding flour from 4.5 cups of flour then add more as you continue.

  5. If you're using a mixer after you've with dough mixing, transfer the dough onto a floured surface and knead until the dough smoothes and elastic. Or just mix until dough is stretchy and elastic; that's the key to making bread. As a matter of fact, if you don't use egg and milk and knead the dough very well you would get a very good end result.

  6. Grease a bowl and place the dough in it. Cover and put in a warm place to rise until it doubled. About 1- 1.5 hours.

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  7. Grease the baking pan and set it aside. Bring the dough out.

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  8. Deflate the dough and place on a floured surface knead the dough for about 5 minutes.

  9. Cut into two and form each dough into a loaf shape and place in the greased baking pan.

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  10. Brush melted butter on the dough and cover with a clean kitchen towel and place in a warm place to rise the second time for about 1 hour.

  11. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F for about 10 - 15 minutes. Place the dough into the oven and bake for about 25 -30 minutes.

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  12. Bring the bread out and brush melted butter and keep warm. 

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  13. Enjoy.

  14. Serve with mashed beans. Enjoy.

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  15. You can also enjoy it with stew or your favorite side dish.

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Recipe Notes

Tip: I usually warm my oven for a few minutes ahead and place the dough in it to make it rise faster.

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54 thoughts on “Agege Bread (Nigerian Agege Bread)

  1. 5 stars
    Adapted this to be used with bread machine and it came out perfectly! The secret is Evaporated milk and Organic egg.

  2. Hi,
    thank you for the recipe. How many people would this recipe roughly serve?
    is it 2 big loaves or two small loaves

  3. please why can’t instant yeast be proof.

    my reason I bought instant yeast and I didn’t proof it but my bread didn’t rise. I want know where I made mistake

  4. Can the milk and egg be omitted completely. Also can you proof it for 2hours straight?rather than breaking after 1hr and kneading?

    1. Hello Enrica,
      Yes, it freezes well. You can slice (if you desire) and wrap in a plastic wrap tightly followed by aluminum foil or freezer paper then freeze. You don’t want freezer air to penetrate.
      Bring it out and leave in a refrigerator a night before the day you’ll eat it because you want it to be room temperature.
      Unwrap when you’re ready and reheat in the oven and enjoy it immediately.

  5. Hello! Thank you for posting your recipe. I tried it but found that the 1 tablespoon of salt made the bread too salty! Was it meant to be tbsp or tsp?
    Thanks!

    1. Hello Susan,
      I’m so sorry and thank you for catching the error it was supposed to be 1 teaspoon. I’ve edited it to reflect the correct measurement.

    1. Hi Augustine,
      Thank you for your feedback.
      About the little rise, did your yeast proof and did you place the dough in a warm place to rise for the time stated?.

  6. What kind of flour did you use. What kind of yeast?
    All purpose, unbleached or bleached, strong flour, strong white bread flour? Instant or active yeast?

    1. Hi Whitney,
      Bread flour/all-purpose is suitable for it. I used active yeast reason for the yeast proofing. If you’re using instant yeast you don’t need to proof it.

  7. Pls help me with measurements convert
    Like (Oz,cup) to kilo and grams
    have tried on internet but not getting it.
    The bread I tried baking the outcome was wrong. Please help as I love your bakings.
    Thanks.

    1. Hi Sheri,
      It is used as a bread improver…let me just say it helps to trap the bubbles inside the bread.
      When you open up an Agege bread you will notice like bubbles or holes… that’s what it helps with.
      Thanks for stopping by.

  8. I have a question, can the egg be omitted from the recipe due to allergy and replaced with milk? Will that affect the end product?

    1. Hi Olutoyin,
      Yes, you can omit the egg and use the tangzhong method.
      To make Tangzhong method, mix about 2/3 cup of water and 1/4 of bread/all-purpose flour.
      Make sure there’s no lump and cook over medium heat until it thickness.
      Pour into a bowl and cover with a plastic wrap/ cling film because you don’t want any skin on tangzhong and allow it to cool.
      Then you can use it when it cools down.

      Thanks for the question I will make a bread recipe for it and share.
      Please, let me know if you have any question. Thank you.

    1. Thank you for the suggestion, I would try it with the bread flour and see how it turns out and make another post about it.
      Thanks for stopping by.

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