RECIPE FOR BRAIDED BREAD WITH RAISINS (DOUGH USING BM)辫子葡萄干面包食谱

Once you managed the skills of making bread, you can always create it in different flavors,  designs and varieties.

For this Chinese New Year, we want something simple, colorful and vibrant.

And also, due to too much biscuits, junk food and heavy food during CNY, we need something to comfort and sooth our stomach. At least, for me bread is like a comfort food. Not too heavy, just nice for every occasions.

Method:

1. Heat bread flour and cold water in a pan until gluey. Set aside.

2. Add item (1) and the bread dough ingredients, exclude raisin and butter.

3. Use dough method to beat the dough for 20 minutes.

4. Add in butter and run for another 20 minutes.

5. Proof for 1 hour or double its size.

6. Braid the dough and decorate with some raisins. For those who doesn’t like raisins, and omit this step.

8. Rest for another 30 to 45 minutes.

9. Bake @ 175 for 17 - 18 minutes.

May this Chinese New Year brings you lot of lucks and prosperity!

Note:
By sharing our experiences in baking, we could improve further the recipe. Hence i would appreciate if you could kindly link back your baking experiences to my blog for sharing and further improvement.