Yum! Just got my first very own Kitchen Aid, and this is the first batch of bread I've ever baked - and boy, do I feel like a star! I followed the recipe exactly (with the exception of substituting butter-flavored Crisco in place of the lard), and brushed on a whole-egg egg wash just before baking....wow! Only having one loaf pan, I rolled up the other half of the dough into rolls and put them side-by-side in my Pyrex dish. The other half (here's where I got creative!), I braided - I really like the look of braided loaves. As mentioned, I brushed everything with egg wash, and baked them together for the exact time listed in the recipe - and it all turned out so beautifully! As I type this, I now have my second batch rising. The changes I'm making to this batch is: adding 1 Tbs cinnamon to dough with other dry ingredients, and then I'm going to braid the loaf as I did the first time, but make each individual braid a cinnamon swirl with melted butter, cinnamon and brown sugar. Wish me luck! PS: the best part of the rolls was that I could eat them fresh out of the oven (for "quality assurance", of course) without damaging my beautiful loaf!
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Yum! Just got my first very own Kitchen Aid, and this is the first batch of bread I've ever...