Dress up your bread with this four-strand braiding method!
Faux Challah Bread with Cranberry Butter
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 can (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original French Bread
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse (kosher or sea) salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/3 cup canned cranberry sauce
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F.
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Step2Remove dough from can. Cut lengthwise into 4 pieces; roll each piece into a 14-inch-long rope. Gather the ropes together at 1 end. Pinch end to seal ropes together. Take the outermost rope on the left side and move to the right, under the middle 2 ropes, then on top of the rope directly to the left. Repeat with the rope on the outermost side on the right. Bring the rope to the left under the middle 2 ropes, then on top of the rope directly to the right. Continue with this until the ropes are completely braided. Pinch the ends of the rope to seal well. Brush egg on top of braid. Sprinkle with salt.
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Step3Bake 25 to 27 minutes or until loaf is deep golden brown and baked through.
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Step4Meanwhile, beat butter and cranberry sauce with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Serve with warm bread.
Nutrition
300
Calories
18g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
30g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 27%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 52%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 640mg
- 27%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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