Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet braided bread. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Tuck in the excess pieces of dough under the bread. Transfer the bread into a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and brush with egg. This Braided Easter Bread is soft, slightly sweet and the lemon zest gives it a little bit of citrus flavor.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sweet braided bread using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet Braided Bread:
- Take 3 1/2 cups flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup milk
- Prepare 7 tbsp water
- Make ready 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- Take 5 tbsp Margarine (butter)
- Prepare 4 tbsp sugar
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 2 eggs
- Take 3 tbsp plain yogurt
- Prepare Pinch salt
- Take 1 cup raisins (soak 15mins). I didn't put this time
- Take Brushing
- Prepare Egg yolk
- Make ready 2 tbsp milk
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Instructions to make Sweet Braided Bread:
- In a small saucepan, whisk 4 tbsp of water and 2 tbsp flour. Make sure not to leave any lumps. Slowly add the other 3 tbsp of water while whisking. Put on low heat and continue to whisk. Once thicken and in a pudding like consistency remove from heat and cover. Make sure it doesn't boil.
- Warm the milk but not too hot. Pour yeast and set it aside for 10mins.
- Cream butter and sugar till light in colour. Add extract and eggs. Mix till well combined. Add the yeast, the paste made before and mix well. Add 1cup flour mix well then the raisins.
- At this point, mix everything with a wooden spoon gradually adding the rest of the flour.
- When all ingredients come together, knead the dough by hand for about 5 mins still in the bowl. The dough might be a bit sticky but don't add flour.
- Let the dough rise for 1.5hrs. Lightly flour your surface and transfer the dough. Divide into 4 parts and roll each into a ball. Roll each into a strand and make a braid. Let it sit for another 1hr.
- Mix egg yolk and 2tps of milk. Brush the loaf.
- In a 350°F preheated oven bake for 20-30mins or till golden-brown. Let it cool and enjoy!
Place the braid on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let Related Recipes. Pinch the opposite end of the braided loaf together. Sweet braided bread is traditionally prepared for All Saints Day, the day after Halloween. This recipe comes from my best friend's aunt. It is a wonderful, chewy sweet bread that I can't keep my hands off of whenever I make it!
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