Braided Bread

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Ingredients

  • 23 oz 650 g Wheat (or 4⅓ cups whole wheat flour)
  • 5 oz 150 g Raisins
  • About 2¼ cups 280 ml water
  • 2 tbsp Soy flour
  • 3 tbsp Rum
  • 1 tbsp ½ kl Salt
  • 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp 50 g Honey
  • ¼ cup 30 g Yeast
  • 1 Egg
  • 3¼ tbsp 50 g Butter or untempered vegetable margarine, melted
  • Almond slices
  • Butter or untempered vegetable margarine and
  • Whole grain flour for the baking sheet

Instructions

  • Grind the wheat finely and mix with raisins.
  • Dissolve the soy flour, honey, salt, yeast, and rum in lukewarm water.
  • Beat the egg in and mix with the raisin flour.
  • Add melted butter and knead well.
  • Cover and let rise to double the size in a warm place.
  • Punch down and then let rise another 10 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 340 °F (170 °C).
  • Roll 9 strips out of the dough and braid four-strand, three-strand, and two-strand braids on a buttered, floured baking sheet.
  • Brush each braid and each end of a braid with water, so that they stick together better.
  • Let rise again.
  • Brush with cold water and sprinkle with almond slices.
  • Bake for about 50 minutes.
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Course Bread
Cuisine Austria / European