Red Date Braided Bread

Red Date Braided Bread

Overview

Braided buns remind me of the little pigtails I had braided when I was a kid. This was the first time I braided bread after baking, and I was very satisfied with the result after baking. The red dates were added to the bread, and I couldn’t stop being surprised with every bite I took!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the red dates in advance, remove the core and cut into small cubes

    Red Date Braided Bread step 1

  2. Put all bread ingredients except butter into the bread machine barrel

    Red Date Braided Bread step 2

  3. After kneading for 30 minutes, add butter and continue kneading until a thin film can be pulled out and gluten is formed

    Red Date Braided Bread step 3

  4. Take out the kneaded dough and let it rise at room temperature until it doubles in size

    Red Date Braided Bread step 4

  5. Deflate the fermented dough and let it rest for 10 minutes.

    Red Date Braided Bread step 5

  6. Use a rolling pin to roll it into a square cake shape, sprinkle with diced dates

    Red Date Braided Bread step 6

  7. .Fold the dough up and down, folding it in the middle like a quilt

    Red Date Braided Bread step 7

  8. After folding, use a rolling pin to flatten it slightly.

    Red Date Braided Bread step 8

  9. Cut into three parts with a knife, do not cut off the head

    Red Date Braided Bread step 9

  10. Just braid it like a braid

    Red Date Braided Bread step 10

  11. Put the braided bread into the baking pan and put it in the oven for secondary fermentation. Put a basin of hot water in the oven to help fermentation. If the weather is cold, you can change the hot water twice in the middle.

    Red Date Braided Bread step 11

  12. Let it double in size, brush with egg wash, put it in the preheated oven, bake at 180 degrees for 18 minutes on the middle shelf.

    Red Date Braided Bread step 12