braided bread option

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I'm not sure exactly what differentiates Challah from other braided

breads, but if you are looking for a recipe where you can form the

dough into a braided loaf, try the one below. I do all sorts of things

with it, from cheese rolls to rolled up cinnamon loaf to basic

sandwich bread.

I'm posting the recipe exactly as I copied it from this list

originally. Unfortunately, I can't tell you exactly who deserves

credit for creating it, but my (faulty) memory says it came from

Cheryl (I know she gets credit for some of my other frequently used

recipes!)

Maureen

p.s. while it would be easy to braid this dough with very well floured

hands, I would use a sourdough pan, or at least a pan with raised

edges to support it instead of just a baking sheet.

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Gluten-free Bread for bread machines & dinner rolls

3 eggs

1/4 cup oil

1/4 cup sugar

11/4 cups milk

1 tsp. salt

1 TBSP xanthan gum

1/3 cup potato starch (NOT flour)

1 cup white rice flour

1 cup brown rice flour

1 cup tapioca starch

1 TBSP active dry yeast

1 tsp. apple cider vinegar

Liquid ingredients in first, followed by your favourite flavouring for

the bread, such as: 2 TBSP garlic powder & 1 TBSP oregano; 1/2 cup

grated cheddar cheese & onion flakes; 1 cup raisins and 2 TBSP

cinnamon (<-- if making raisin bread, use brown sugar instead of

white.) Add the flours next, then yeast last.

Start your machine on the " rapid " cycle. It should start mixing and

heating right away. Using a spatula, scrape down the sides of the pan,

making sure that all the flour gets mixed into the dough. Once the

machine is done mixing, STOP the cycle. Select the BAKE cycle, baking

the loaf for 1hr 10 min, at 380°F. Once done, take pan out of machine,

and place pan on it's short side on a trivet. Let cool in pan for 15

minutes; remove and cool completely. Once cool, slice and freeze.

There you go! Now, to make buns with this recipe, once the mixing was

done, instead of selecting the 'bake' cycle, I greased a 9x13 pan with

butter, and rolled 'dough balls' with the dough. (Grease your hands.)

I placed them in the pan side by side - I was going for 'dinner

rolls' - you know the kind that are little buns that you have to pull

apart. I think there was about 27 in the pan. Let it rise in a warm

place until doubled, then I baked it in my oven at 380 for about 20-25

minutes. (I just 'knocked' on the top of the buns, and when they

sounded hollow, I took them out.)

These little buns were GREAT! My kids just gobbled them up... and I

did, too! It was really nice to have a little roll that you could

'wipe' up your plate with to get all those good juices!