Recipe: Tasty Sweet braided bread

Sweet braided bread. 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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Ingredients of Sweet braided bread

1. It's 1 packages of active dry yeast.
2. Prepare 100 ml of milk (luke warm).
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of sugar.
4. Prepare 500 grams of all-purpose flour.
5. You need 50 grams of sugar.
6. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
7. It's 1 dash of salt.
8. It's 2 of eggs.
9. It's 1 of egg whites.
10. It's 250 ml of milk or whipping cream.
11. You need 1 of egg yolks.
12. Prepare 3 tbsp of milk.

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Sweet braided bread step by step

1. Activate yeast by mixing dry yeast, milk and sugar and let sit in a warm spot until volume is doubled..
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Add activated yeast to all remaining ingredients except the egg yolk.Mix with mixer or by hand until dough is sticky but separates from bowl or hands easily . Add a little bit flour if it's too sticky and some milk if it's too dry..
4. Cover an let sit in a warm spot until volume is doubled..
5. Cut dough into 3 equal size pieces. Form into rolls about 1.5 inch thick. Place parallel to each other and braid them into a loaf..
6. Cover and let rise again..
7. When size is doubled mix the egg yolk and milk and brush mixture over loaf. Bake on middle rack for about 20 minutes. Check frequently, bad is done when it has a dark brown color..
8. Taste best when still a little bit warm. Great for breakfast with honey or jam..

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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