Nutmeg & Pecan Braided Bread

Butter, eggs, sugar and milk make an enriched yeast bread that bakes up fluffy, tender and deliciously rich

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Sweet Yeast Bread

Let's bake bread

Yeast Water Butter Sugar Egg Salt Milk AP flour Powdered Sugar Vanilla extract Nutmeg Pecans

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Ingredients

Flour

Milk

Egg

Yeast

Vanilla

Sugar

Water

Pecans

Salt

Nutmeg

Butter

Add the yeast to hot water

Add the ingredients to a bowl

Mix until a soft dough forms

Steps to  make the sweet dough

Make the nutmeg  butter filling

Let the dough rise for an hour

The dough doubled in size

Mix the nutmeg filling

Roll out  the dough

Roll the dough into a rectangle

Spread with the nutmeg filling

Sprinkle with the pecans

Braid the dough

Roll the dough into three logs

Braid the logs together

Braided bread dough

Baked and slice

Bake for 50 minutes

Slice and Enjoy!

Sweet, tender and nutty slices

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Thanks for visiting and enjoy a warm slice of bread