Recipe

Cheese-filled Sweet Braid Recipe

	Quaziefly / All my dishes 10 months, 1 week ago Here's a twist on a popular recipe Prep:120m Cook:40m Servings:6	Quaziefly
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choclytcan

lacrenshaw

morninlite

juels

momo_55gra

gagagrits

ambus

Ingredients

Dough

2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast

1/4 cup lukewarm water

1/2 cup lukewarm milk

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter

1 1/4 teaspoons salt

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoons vanilla OR 1/4 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia

1 egg, lightly beaten

3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

3 tablespoons King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 teaspoons vanilla OR 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia

Directions

Dough:

Combine all of the dough ingredients, and mix and knead them together by hand, mixer or bread machine till you've made a soft, smooth dough.

Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until it's puffy (though not necessarily doubled in bulk).

Filling:

While the dough is rising, prepare the filling by mixing all of the ingredients together till smooth. Chill till ready to use.

Assembly:

Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled work surface, and divide it in half.

Roll each half into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle. Spread half of the filling lengthwise down the center third of each rectangle.

Cut 1-inch-wide strips from each side of the filling out to the edges of the dough.

Fold about an inch of dough at each end over the filling to contain it, then fold the strips, at an angle, across the filling, alternating from side to side.

Baking:

Allow the braids to rise, covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, till almost doubled in size.

Brush with a glaze made from 1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water, and sprinkle with sparkling white sugar, if desired; then bake the braids in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

Remove from the oven, and cool on a wire rack.

Yield: 2 braids.

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Comments

lacrenshaw 10 months, 1 week ago said:
This sounds an awful lot like the "cheese-filled bread" I have been searching around for for a couple years now. I bless you, quazie, if this is that recipe and actually even if it isn't! Thanks and my five.
Lorraine

gagagrits 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Another great recipe!!!!

juels 10 months, 1 week ago said:
I am SO saving this one! I love sweet braid bread, and this recipe with cream cheese filling sounds out of this world fanastic! Thanks!

ambus 10 months ago said:
Mmmm...they surely are devine,thank you for sharing!

capedread 9 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds great

momo_55grandma 9 months, 1 week ago said:
Yummy bread love the filling also thanks high5

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