Plaited Loaf

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Beautiful plaited loaf with lovely golden crust accompanied with any soup…

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Ingredients:

1 recipe basic dough

1 tsp olive oil

Method:

Check link to see Plaited loaf or Challah Loaf 

• Grease the baking sheet. Punch the dough after first proving and divide into 3 equal pieces.
• Roll to shape each piece into a long thin strand.
• Lay the strands out on the lightly floured surface Take three strips together and begin plaiting with the centre strand, tucking in the ends.
• Cover loosely and leave to rise in a warm place for 30 min.
• Preheat oven to 190 ^oC. Brush with olive oil and bake until golden, for 30-40 min.
• Turn out onto a rack to cool.

(I made two small loaves from above recipe )