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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 25mins
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- Serves
- 8
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- Calories
- 298
A beautiful braided bread made from enriched dough and topped with pearl sugar.
recipe updated 4 Mar 2025
Ingredients
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- Milk
- 150 g
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- Egg
- 2
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- Unsalted butter
- 50 g
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- Dried yeast
- 7 g
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- Sugar
- 3 tablespoons
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- Plain flour
- 350 g
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- Butter
- 50 g
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- Salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Pearl sugar
- as needed
Tools
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Oven
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Parchment paper
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Kenwood Chef
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Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
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Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
Step preview
- Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- Attach Spiral Dough Tool
- Add milk, dried yeast, sugar, plain flour, butter, egg and salt to the Kenwood Bowl
- Mix then scrape bowl - 5 min, Speed 2
- Add unsalted butter to the Kenwood Bowl bit by bit while machine is running
- Mix then scrape bowl - 5 min, Speed 2
- Cover with kitchen towel
- Prove - 1 hr 30 min
- Carefully transfer the dough from the Kenwood mixer bowl to a lightly floured work surface
- Gently pull the edges into the centre
- Roll the dough out to elongate
- Divide into 3 equal pieces
- Cover with kitchen towel
- Let rest - 10 min
- Pre-heat oven - 200°C
- Roll out each dough piece into a long even rope
- Plait the 3 dough ropes
- Tuck the ends underneath to secure
- Place plait on lined baking sheet
- Brush with egg
- Sprinkle with pearl sugar
- Bake - 30 min, 200°C
- To check if the loaf is cooked, gently tap the bottom of the loaf. If the bread sounds hollow it's cooked, place it on a cooling rack. If not place it back in the oven for a few minutes
- Serve