Christmas bread

Name: Christmas bread
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 500g bread flour or half/half bread and plain flour; 140g sugar; 150ml milk lukewarm; 20g instant yeast (or instead it is preferable to use 50g fresh yeast); 3 egg yolks room temp; 125g softened butter; Pinch of salt; 3-4 drops of extract is optional, like lemon, orange, bergamot (anything Christmasy); For decoration- blanched almonds

4 steps

Updated at: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:18:48 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

185

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1822.1 kcal (91%)

Total Fat70.6 g (101%)

Carbs258.4 g (99%)

Sugars75.1 g (83%)

Protein39.6 g (79%)

Sodium171.4 mg (9%)

Fiber7.4 g (26%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

500gbread flour

or half/half bread and plain flour

140gsugar

150mlmilk

lukewarm

20ginstant yeast

or instead it is preferable to use 50g fresh yeast

125gbutter

3 dropsextract

is optional, like lemon, orange, bergamot, anything Christmasy

blanched almonds

For decoration

Instructions

Step 1

Starter (skip if using instant yeast): warm up milk, add 2 tbs of sugar and 2 tbs of flour and fresh yeast. Leave for a few minutes somewhere warm.

Step 2

Mix together to form dough and knead so it no longer sticks. Proof until it almost doubles in size, knock back the air out.

Step 3

Divide into 12 parts, braid 5, 4, 3. Put on baking paper, leave to rise for an hour. Pop in almonds to decorate, egg wash, stick in wooden sticks for support. Cover with baking paper.

Step 4

Bake with water at 200*C for 5min, then turn down to 160*C for 35-40min.