DAY 57 RECIPE: BRAIDED BREAD

Well, today I made some very delicious bread. It is NOT a quick task. Well worth the wait though! If you have some extra time or really want some wonderful smelling amazingly delicious bread, give this a try!

DAY 57 RECIPE:

BRAIDED BREAD

INGREDIENTS:
PART 1
1 Cup Lukewarm water
2 Tbsp Sugar
4.5 Tsp Yeast
PART 2
2 Cups Lukewarm Milk
2 Eggs
4 Tbsp Butter, melted
1 Tsp Salt
3 Cups Flour

PART 3

4 to 5 Cups Flour
2 Tbsp Oil
PART 4
1 Egg
1 Tbsp Water

DIRECTIONS:

PART 1
In a small bowl, dissolve sugar in water. sprinkle yeast over top. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
PART 2
In a large bowl, whisk eggs. add butter, mix.
Mix in yeast mixture, then milk. Now mix in flour and salt. Cover and let sit in a warm place for 1 hour.
PART 3
With a wooden spoon, mix in 3 more cups of flour. Now, knead the remaining flour in. Continue to knead until dough is smooth. Form a ball with dough. Pour oil around the sides of the bowl. Roll dough ball around in the oil until it is all lightly coated. Cover and let rise 1 more hour.
PART 4
Punch down dough. Separate dough into 3 equal sized balls. Of each of those balls, make three more. You should have a total of 9 little balls. Make each of these balls into a worm like rope about 10-12 inches long.
Take three worms, braid them together, starting from the middle, and tucking the ends under. Repeat two more times, to use up all the worms.
Lay each braid of worms onto a butter sheet pan.
To make this bread extra nice, let the worm braids rise for up to another hour before baking.
Prepare egg wash by whisking together egg and water.
When they are fully risen, Brush the tops with egg wash bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes.