Here is a recipe for sweet, fragrant, and delicate braided bread. It’s fantastic with butter and honey, which will awaken your greediest instincts for sure. The scent of orange flower water may recall childhood memories for lots of us…Photo credit: © Eatwell101.com
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Ingredients list for the braided bread recipe
For 8 braid breads:
- 5 cups (500g) flour
- 4/5 cup (200ml) milk
- 2 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 5 1/3 ounces (150g) butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons orange blossom aroma
- 1 pinch of salt
- Sugar
Directions
1. Heat the milk while letting the butter soften at room temperature.
2. Pour butter, milk, and remaining ingredients except sugar into a bowl. Mix, then knead, for 3 minutes.
3. Let the dough rest for 1 hour in a warm place, free from air drafts.
4. Divide the dough into 24 pieces. Form an 8-inch-long roll with each piece of dough (approx 20cm).
5. Use 3 dough rolls together to form a braid. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Let it stand for about twenty minutes.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 340°F (170°C) for 15 minutes.
Your braided breads are ready!
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Homemade Braided Bread
This sweet braided bread for breakfast is fantastic with butter and honey.
Ingredients
- 5 cups (500g) flour
- 4/5 cup (200ml) milk
- 2 teaspoons active dry or instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 5 1/3 ounces (150g) butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons orange blossom aroma
- 1 pinch of salt
- Sugar
Instructions
- Heat the milk while letting the butter soften at room temperature.
- Pour butter, milk, and remaining ingredients except sugar into a bowl. Mix, then knead, for 3 minutes.
- Let the dough rest for 1 hour in a warm place, free from air drafts.
- Divide the dough into 24 pieces. Form an 8-inch-long roll with each piece of dough (approx 20cm).
- Use 3 dough rolls together to form a braid. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Let it stand for about twenty minutes.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 340°F (170°C) for 15 minutes.
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