Swiss Braid
Recipe: #26684
July 27, 2017
Categories: Breads, Cheese, Swiss, Brunch, Oven Bake, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat No Eggs, Vegetarian, Yeast Bread, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
"Makes 4 loaves"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (341.9 g)
- Calories 860.3
- Total Fat - 17.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.3 g
- Cholesterol - 5.6 mg
- Sodium - 1826.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 150.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.3 g
- Sugars - 7.1 g
- Protein - 22.1 g
- Calcium - 119.1 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Step 2
Add sugar, salt, oil and 3 cups four, mix well.
Step 3
Add enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.
Step 4
Turn out dough into lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead till smooth and elastic.
Step 5
Place dough in oiled bowl and brush top with oil.
Step 6
Cover dough with a damp cloth, and let dough rise 1 hr, or until doubled.
Step 7
Punch down dough and divide into fourths.
Step 8
Divine each fourth into 3 equal parts and shape into a 10 inch strand.
Step 9
Braid each group of strands on greased baking sheet.
Step 10
Sprinkle each braid with swiss cheese and paprika.
Step 11
Let braids rise 30 minutes, or until doubled.
Step 12
Heat oven to 375F and bake approx 30 minute Loaves should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.
Tips
No special items needed.