{"id":2074,"date":"2010-05-10T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2010-05-07T21:09:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T02:09:39","slug":"whats-cookin-garlic-herb-braid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=2074","title":{"rendered":"What’s Cookin’ – Garlic Herb Braid"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this recipe, and immediately made it for Life Group.\u00a0 It was AMAZING!\u00a0 Perfect with any meal, and it looks so fancy!\u00a0 But it’s so easy, too!\u00a0 It’s definitely going to be made again and again! Thanks, Dine & Dish!<\/p>\n

Garlic Herb Braid <\/strong><\/a>from Taste of Home’s Simple & Delicious<\/p>\n

(click over for a great pic!)<\/p>\n

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16 ServingsPrep: 20 min. + rising Bake: 20 min. + cooling<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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  • 4 to 4-1\/2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n
  • 3 tablespoons sugar<\/li>\n
  • 2 packages (1\/4 ounce each<\/em>) quick-rise yeast<\/li>\n
  • 2 teaspoons dried basil<\/li>\n
  • 1-3\/4 teaspoons dill weed<\/li>\n
  • 1-1\/2 teaspoons salt<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed<\/li>\n
  • 3\/4 cup 2% milk<\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup water<\/li>\n
  • 1\/4 cup butter, cubed<\/li>\n
  • 1 egg<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    In a large bowl, combine 1-1\/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and
    \nseasonings. In a small saucepan, heat the milk, water and cubed
    \nbutter to 120\u00b0-130\u00b0. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until
    \nmoistened. Add egg; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining
    \nflour to form a soft dough.
    \nTurn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about
    \n4-6 minutes. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
    \nDivide dough into thirds. Shape each into a 15-in. rope. Place ropes
    \non a greased baking sheet and braid; pinch ends to seal and tuck
    \nunder. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 25 minutes.
    \nBake at 375\u00b0 for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with
    \nmelted butter. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. Yield: 1 loaf
    \n(16 slices).<\/p>\n

    To make life easier, put all the ingredients except the final melted butter, in your bread machine and let your dough cycle do all the initial work. <\/em><\/p>\n

    *My notes: I’ve made this in the KitchenAid mixer with the dough hook (works fine!), and also in the bread machine.\u00a0 It’s a bit too much dough for my machine, but it rises better, and it’s easier.\u00a0 If you don’t want the whole braid loaf, it would work fine to split the dough into 2 loaf pans.\u00a0 Great if you’re taking dinner to someone!
    \n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I came across this recipe, and immediately made it for Life Group.\u00a0 It was AMAZING!\u00a0 Perfect with any meal, and it looks so fancy!\u00a0 But it’s so easy, too!\u00a0 It’s definitely going to be made again and again! Thanks, Dine & Dish! Garlic Herb Braid from Taste of Home’s Simple & Delicious (click over for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-cookin","tag-bread"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-xs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}