Braided Bread

Braided Bread

Overview

I remember when I was young, my mother was either busy with farm work or housework. We sisters all had mushroom heads, so in my memory we never had braids! If you have fun today, get some edible braids, hey! The taste is super soft and amazing! You can try it too~

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Pour 220 grams of high-gluten flour, 40 grams of fine sugar, 30 grams of egg liquid, 90 grams of yogurt, 25 grams of whipping cream, 2 grams of salt, and 3 grams of yeast into a mixing bowl and use chopsticks to stir until there is no dry powder

    Braided Bread step 1
  2. Move to the kneading board and knead until the dough is smooth. Add 18 grams of softened butter and continue kneading until the dough can be pulled out into a thin film

    Braided Bread step 2
  3. Cover with plastic wrap and ferment for an hour

    Braided Bread step 3
  4. After the fermented dough is deflated, divide it into nine equal parts, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for fifteen minutes

    Braided Bread step 4
  5. After resting, take a small piece of dough and roll it out with a rolling pin

    Braided Bread step 5
  6. Turn over and roll up from left to right

    Braided Bread step 6
  7. Roll everything out, cover with plastic wrap and let rest for ten minutes

    Braided Bread step 7
  8. Roll the relaxed dough into a length of about 25 cm. Take three ends and knead them together into a three-strand braid

    Braided Bread step 8
  9. After braiding, pinch the tail tightly

    Braided Bread step 9
  10. You can also make it like this: take three pieces and place them as shown in the picture, and put 1 on top of 2 and 3 on top of 1.

    Braided Bread step 10
  11. After braiding one end, turn the other end over and finish braiding

    Braided Bread step 11
  12. After braiding everything, put it into the baking pan

    Braided Bread step 12
  13. Second fermentation for 40 minutes

    Braided Bread step 13
  14. Brush with egg wash, sprinkle with sesame seeds, bake in the middle of a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 18 minutes

    Braided Bread step 14
  15. Just take it out of the oven and let it cool. Isn’t the color beautiful? The taste is super soft!

    Braided Bread step 15