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Golden Egg Loaves (Or Braids)

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Recipe Summary Golden Egg Loaves (Or Braids)

This is a rich and soft loaf suitable for sandwiches or slicing for use in a bread pudding, overnight egg bake, or French toast. It is equally good fresh out of the oven with butter and jam.

Ingredients | Different Ways To Tie Box Braids

1 ½ cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees F/43 to 46 degrees C)

6 tablespoons honey

1 ½ tablespoons active dry yeast

6 cups bread flour, divided, or more as needed

¼ cup olive oil

4 eggs

3 tablespoons vital wheat gluten

2 tablespoons butter, softened

1 tablespoon salt

Directions

Combine water, honey, and yeast in a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Let sit until mixture becomes foamy, about 10 minutes.

Pour 3 cups flour, olive oil, eggs, wheat gluten, and butter into the yeast mixture; mix on speed 2 (or low speed) in the stand mixer until flour mixture is incorporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Add salt and 3 cups flour and mix on speed 2 until flour is incorporated into the dough. If dough is pulling away from the sides of the bowl, continue mixing, 5 to 7 minutes. If dough is still sticky, add 1/4 cup flour at a time and knead for 2 minutes after each addition until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl; mix for 5 to 7 minutes.

Grease a large bowl.

Transfer dough to greased bowl and cover with a damp towel. Set aside in a warm area of the kitchen until dough has doubled in size, 60 to 90 minutes.

Punch down dough and divide into 2 loaves. Place each dough half into a 9x5-inch loaf pan or on a baking sheet. Let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer registers an internal temperature of 200 degrees F (93 degrees C), 25 to 30 minutes.

Info | Different Ways To Tie Box Braids

prep: 20 mins cook: 25 mins additional: 2 hrs 10 mins total: 2 hrs 55 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 2 loaves

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