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#Hot #Cross #Buns #Braided #Loaf

Hot Cross Buns Braided Loaf

INGREDIENTS
Bread

  • 1 cup milk (room temperature)
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 7 tablespoons Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoons salt
  • 4 3/4 cups bread flour*
  • 5 tablespoons instant yeast
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, very soft
  • 4 cups dried chopped fruit such as dark or golden raisins, dried apricots, dried cranberries, candied orange peel (room temperature)

Decoration

  • 1 1/2 cups Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar
  • 3-4 tablespoons concentrated frozen orange juice or water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sliced toasted almonds


DIRECTIONS

  • Pour milk in a bowl followed by eggs, vanilla, sugar, honey, and salt. Place flour on top.1
  • Combine yeast with lukewarm water and add paste to bowl.2
  • Using dough hook, mix dough until elastic and smooth, about 5-7 minutes on medium speed. During the mixing process keep an eye on the temperature making sure it does not exceed 78-80°F at this point.3
  • Gradually add pieces of very soft butter to dough allowing it to be fully incorporated before adding next amount. The dough should not go over 82°F. If needed, rest dough.4
  • Add dried fruits and mix until just combined. Cover bowl with plastic food wrap and set in a warm place and allow dough to rise until doubled in volume, about 60 minutes.5
  • Remove dough from bowl. This will make dough collapse and is normal and is required to develop a dough that has strength.6
  • Cut dough into 2 equal pieces, then cut each piece in 3 equal pieces to obtain a total of 6 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball and cover with plastic food wrap.7
  • Shape each of your round pieces into a tube shape. The dough will resist being shaped very long at the first try, therefore shape it first about 8-inches long, let it rest and continue with the other pieces.8
  • Go back to the first shaped piece and make it longer, about 12-inches and let it rest; continue with the other pieces.9
  • Shape each piece 18-inches long. Place 3 tubes next to each other and pinch them together on top. Braid into a loaf by folding right tube over center one, then left tube over center one, right over center, left over center and continue until the end.10
  • Place on a parchment or buttered cookie sheet. Braid other loaf and place on a cookie sheet. Cover both with plastic food wrap and let rise until 60% larger (not doubled in size). In about 20-30 minutes preheat oven to 350°F.  11
  • Carefully brush loaves with beaten egg and place in the oven.12
  • Bake for 40 minutes; if loaves are getting too dark place a buttered sheet of aluminum foil on bread during baking.13
  • When loaves are nearly cool, make the decoration by mixing powdered sugar with juice or water and vanilla to a smooth glaze. Spread over loaves and sprinkle with toasted almonds. Serve warm.