Braid bread

There's nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread...No wait...actually, there's something even better; that same bread with some butter on it as soon as it comes out of the oven!!!

The ingredients I listed yield two big braids or in my case 1 braid and 3 big round rolls.



Ingredients

2 eggs

1/4 cup warm water

1 cup warm milk

1 tbsp dry yeast

2 tbsp melted butter

5 1/2-6cups of flour

Semolina for sprinkling

Sesame seeds for spinkling

egg wash (1 egg+ 1 tbsp water)

Directions:

In a stand mixer, dilute the yeast in the warm water and add all the wet ingredients (eggs last) add one cup of flour and mix until smooth.

Change to the hook attachment and add the rest of the flour cup by cup and let the machine knead your dough for another 6 to 8 minutes.

Roll your dough into a greased bowl, cover it and let it rise for about 1 hour, after it doubles in size punch it down and devide it into 6 balls.

Form each ball into a long "stick", pinch the ends of the 3 sticks together, braid and pinch the ends on the other side together.

Sprinkle a cookie sheet with fine semolina and carefully place your braid on it or do the braiding on the cookie sheet if you're not comfortable with transferring it (that's what I will do next time)

Cover your braids and let them rise for about 45 minutes, brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake in a 350 F degree oven for about 30 to 35 minutes.