Easter Sweet Bread# SpecialEasterContest

Name: Easter Sweet Bread# SpecialEasterContest
Yield: makes 2 breads
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup milk; 2 tsp yeast; 2 eggs room temperature; 2/3 cups sugar; I tsp vanilla; Orange zest; 3-31/2 cups all-purpose flour; Multicoloured sprinkles; Egg wash

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Nyandarua

The unpredictable weather calls from some sweet bread and a cup of tea. . Enjoy!

Pure @purecookseverything

Nyandarua

The unpredictable weather calls from some sweet bread and a cup of tea. . Enjoy!

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Ingredients

makes 2 breads

1/2 cupbutter
1/2 cupmilk
2 tspyeast
2eggs room temperature
2/3 cupssugar
I tsp vanilla
Orange zest
3-31/2 cupsall-purpose flour
Multicoloured sprinkles
Egg wash

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Steps

1

In a sauce pan heat up your milk and butter till it all melts. Stir in your sugar till it dissolves. Set aside to cool.
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In a separate bowl, mix your yeast, flour, eggs, vanilla essence, and orange zest. Give it a good mix. Set aside half a cup of flour and add it if the dough becomes too sticky
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Add in the butter and milk mixture till it forms a dough. Knead it for a few minutes to activate the yeast.
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Oil your bowl and put in your dough. Cover it with a clean kitchen cloth and let it double in size for about 30 -45 minutes.
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45 minutes take out your dough and punch it.
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Flour your working surface and roll out the dough. Cut into 4 batches
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Take two strips and roll them out into strip-like shapes
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Bring one of the ends together and twist the bread. Placing one strip on top of the other
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Form a circle using the braided strips. Do the same for the other remaining dough.
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Cover them with a kitchen cloth and let them rise for another half an hour or till double in size.
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Coat with an egg wash and place the sprinkles on top
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You will have preheated your oven to 180 degrees C. Place your bread in a baking tray. Let them bake for about 20-25 min or till golden brown.
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25 minutes later
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Serve with any beverage you please. Enjoy!