Braided Bread
Ingrediënten
- 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
Instructies
- 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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