Braided Bread

Name: Braided Bread
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1000 grams bread flour; 57 grams butter, cubed; 32 servings Cornmeal; 4 eggs; 85 milliliters honey; 32 servings Sesame or poppy seeds; 1 Tbsp salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 2 teaspoons cold water; 14 grams packages each) quick-rise yeast

Braided Bread requires roughly 50 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 32. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 231 calories, 7g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. A mixture of bread flour, poppy seeds, cornmeal, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Braided Bread, Braided Egg Bread, and Braided Nutella Bread.

Instructions

In a bowl, combine 5 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Salt

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Bowl

Heat water, butter and honey to 120°-130°.

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Butter

Honey

Water

Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed. Separate one egg; refrigerate the egg white.

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Egg Whites

Egg

Add egg yolk and remaining eggs to yeast mixture; beat until smooth.

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Egg Yolk

Yeast

Egg

Add enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

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Bowl

Punch dough down and divide in half. Divide each portion into thirds; shape each into a rope about 18 in. long.

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Dough

Punch

Sprinkle two greased baking sheets with cornmeal; place three ropes on each baking sheet and braid. Pinch ends firmly and tuck under. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 45 minutes.

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Cornmeal