French Braided Bread
 
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Recipe type: Bread
Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
  • 1 pkg yeast (2¼ tsp yeast)
  • 1 C warm water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ⅛ C melted butter or margarine
  • 1 TB sugar
  • 2 C flour
Instructions
  1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm water and add sugar, salt, and butter.
  2. Add flour to make a soft dough. (I used my kitchen aid dough hook to knead)
  3. Put in a greased bowl and let it rise about 1 hour. Punch it down and let it rise again.
  4. Grease a pan and sprinkle with cornmeal.
  5. Powder your hands with flour and divide the dough into 3 long sections. Lay the sections on your pan and braid the dough.
  6. Sprinkle with cornmeal, cover, and let rise 30 minutes.
  7. Bake at 370 degrees for 25 minutes.
Recipe by the SIMPLE moms at https://www.thesimplemoms.com/baking-bread-and-new-favorite-recipes-getting-fat-and-sassy-coronavirus-cooking/