This is a pretty bread with a nice flavor! I did cook the bread on parchment. I just took it off for the picture. I made mine in the shape of a horse shoe this time.
You could put jelly beans into the braid after it is cooked too. Here is another braided bread!
The sponge
2 C warm water
1/2 C honey
2 T yeast
2 C whole grain flour (I used 1 C spelt flour 1/2 C kamut flour 1/4 C brown rice flour and 1/4 C oat flour)
The bread
1/2 C coconut oil or olive oil
4 eggs
3 tsp salt
1/4 C honey
1/4 C honey
8C whole grain flour
1 egg
1 T water
sesame seeds or poppy seeds, cheese or cinnamon and sugar
Directions:
1. In a bowl, pour in water, honey and yeast. I don't even stir them. Just swish it together, moving around the bowl a little. Then let it stand about 10 min.
2. Then stir in 2 C of flour, and cover with a towel. Let sit for 30 min.
3. Stir in egg, and oil until all mixed.
4. Stir in salt, honey , and the rest of the flour. (You want the dough to be sticky, don't add too much flour)
5. Knead by machine 5-8 min or by hand 10 min. The dough should still be sticky
6. Place the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover with a towel. Let rise until doubled. (Or you can let rise overnight in the fridge.)
7. Then divide the dough into 3 equal portions to braid. A scale is helpful to balance it out evenly.
8. Roll each piece into a long rope. Then connect the three pieces at the top and braid the bread.
9. You can make it into a long braid or a circle. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet.
10. Beat together 1 egg and 1 T water. Brush on 1/2 of the egg mixture, on the top of the bread. Cover with plastic and let rise until double. About an hour to and hour and 1/2. Take off the plastic and brush on the remaining egg.
11. Sprinkle on topping of your choice. I used sesame seeds this time.
12. Preheat oven to 375 . Bake 30 to 40 min you can cover for the last 15 min with foil if it starts getting too brown.
This would be a wonderful bread for Easter!
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