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Grandma's Braided Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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Dry Ingredients
2 lbs flour (approximate)
1/4 c sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 package of yeast

Wet Ingredients
1 1/2 sticks of butter
1 c water
8 eggs
Directions:
Directions:
1. Mix 1/2 of the flour with all of the dry ingredients
2. Heat water with the butter
3. Beat the above mixture into the dry ingredients for approximately 2 minutes
4. Beat in the egs to form thick batter
5. Add remaining flour until the consistency to allow a ball to form
6. Knead for about five minutes
7. Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size
8. Knead again and form dough into three pieces of equal size
9. Roll into long tubes and braid together to form bread loaf
10. Allow bread to rise again, keeping in a warm place and covered
11. Set oven t0 350º
12. Brush bread with egg yolk and bake until golden brown
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is an "approximate" recipe. Grandma never wrote the recipe down and my mother "reconstructed" the recipe after Grandma was gone! It is, however, very delicious and best when toasted and slathered in butter1

 

 

 

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