Gretna, Louisiana

in preping for turkey day i made this in my machine as a dough only. my oven has a warm setting just for riseing breads and doughs so after the final rise in the machine i rolled it into a braid and raised it agian covered in the warm oven untill nearly trippled in size once it was finished baking i brushed it with some mealted butter for shine. i'll be making four of these for the holiday! i can't waite to see the reactions!

everyone loved it boyfriend even asked me to make it agian i think it will officially make it to the thanks giving table too :) if it makes it out of the kitchen!

so boyfriend hasnt' issued his vote yet but i did make a few maijor changes.. first being i used two tabs of butter not 2/3 a cup i also used soy milk and red onion rather than green (green is a garnish)rather than bacon i used some left over sprial ham the boyfriend kindly parted with. the cheese and sour cream stayed but i used a bit less of the cream and added some organic chicken broth (it was on sale!) a bit more fresh ground black peper and some cajuin spices and garlic oh and a pinch of thyme too...soup seemed a little thin still so i added a bit of corn starch to thicken it up and it looks great! even the boyfriends brother who hates soymilk with a passion said it smelled good in here will post the restults after dinner :)