Braided Pumpkin Wreaths

Name: Braided Pumpkin Wreaths
Prep time: 3 h 45 min
Cook time: 3 h 45 min
Total time: 3 h 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 packages regular active dry yeast; 355 milliliters apple cider or apple juice; 59 milliliters butter or margarine; 237 milliliters canned pumpkin (not pie filling mix); 1 egg; 1 liters Gold all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons poppy seed, if desired; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons sesame seed, if desired; 79 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp water

Braided Pumpkin Wreaths might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 154 calories, 4g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 45 minutes. If you have regular active yeast, pumpkin, poppy seed, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In large bowl, stir 2 cups of the flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In 2-quart saucepan, heat pumpkin, butter and cider; over medium heat, until 120F to 130F.

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Pumpkin

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Salt

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Add to flour mixture; beat on medium speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.

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All Purpose Flour

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Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough. On floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Dough

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Place dough in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover with plastic wrap and cloth towel; let rise in warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.

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Wrap

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Grease large cookie sheet. Punch down dough. Divide in half; divide each half into 3 pieces. On lightly floured surface, roll each piece into 24-inch-long rope. On cookie sheet, place 3 ropes close together. Braid loosely; pinch ends together, forming a circle. Repeat with remaining dough. Cover; let rise in warm place until almost double in size, 20 to 30 minutes.

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