I did it yesterday! I made a yeast-rising bread without the bread maker, and although it was not perfect it still turned out delicious!
Braided Cinnamon Bread (Original recipe from Dana Made It)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 yeast packet (2 1/2 tsp)
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 egg
- an additional 1 3/4 – 2 cups flour
Cinnamon Filling
- 1 Tbsp melted margarine or butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preparation:
In a small glass or bowl, combine the warm water, yeast, and sugar. Allow to rise for 10 minutes.
In mixer bowl with regular paddle add hot water, salt, sugar, and margarine. After the yeast has risen add the yeast, 2 1/2 cups flour, and egg to the mixture still using the regular paddle arm.
Continue to add the additional flour until the bread dough reaches a play-dough like consistency. Take the paddle arm off of the mixture and switch to the bread hook. Put on speed 2 and and let the machine knead the dough for 7 minutes, or you can hand knead the dough for 5-6 minutes.
Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and place the dough ball into the bowl and cover with cloth. Place in a warm area for around 2 hours to allow the dough to rise.
Punch down the dough and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Here’s where it got tricky for me…
“For the Cinnamon Loaf, divide the dough into 3rds (just like you did above) and roll each rope out kinda long and flat (and not too wide) with a rolling pin. Spread each flat rope with Cinnamon filling (recipe below) then pinch the whole thing together so it makes a long rope, with all the cinnamon sugar hidden inside. Try to keep all the cinnamon sugar inside so it doesn’t spill out while cooking. Some of it still will, but do your best. Lastly, braid the 3 ropes together. Place it on the same baking sheet with your other loaf.” source
Cover the cookie sheet with a cloth and allow to rise for about an hour.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for around 14-18 minutes or until golden brown. Allow the bread to sit for 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!!
In other news…I got a package today. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE getting mail!
It was the shoes that I ordered for Chelsea’s wedding in a couple of weeks. Now, I have told you how much I love free things, and how I live on a budget…so saving money is really exciting when it happens! Let me just tell you about the deal I got on these shoes.First, I saw them in Indianapolis, but they were way to small and on final sale so the store was no longer getting anymore in. I then called the 1-800 number to locate another pair in my size….spotted in New Jersey. They found the shoes, but they had a “spot” on them. They told me that the shipping was free (not sure why) which made me happy. Because the shoes were on final sale they went from $59.01 to $19.99. Then, because of the “spot” they took of 10% making the shoes delivered to my door for $17.99!!!
At the bottom of the receipt it says “You saved $61.01.” I am OK with that!! Not only were they a great deal, but they look cute too 🙂
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I think this looks awesome. Nice shoes 😀
The bread looks SO, SO yummy:-)
I think I might attempt to try and make it this week. Thanks for the recipe:-)
And those shoes – LOVE! I also love the great deal that you got on them. SCORE!
Let me know how the bread turns out!!! 🙂 Send me a pic!
Your braid turned out great and sounds scrumptious! The shoes are super cute!
Thanks so much!! I was so happy the braid turned out better than expected 🙂 The recipes on your site look suuuper delicious! I’m going to have to give them a try 🙂