Dessert

Christmas Bread is for Dessert.

Christmas Bread takes several minutes to prepare.

Christmas Bread takes several minutes to cook.

Christmas Bread makes 20 servings.

The ingredients for Christmas Bread are:

Bread
2 cups warm water
2 scant Tablespoons yeast
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar (plain bread only requires 2 Tablespoons)
1 1/2 t salt
About 5 cups of flour.

8 oz of cream cheese
add 1/4 cup of sugar
flavored extract to taste.

Here is how you make Christmas Bread:

Put warm water, yeast, oil and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Add as much flour as you can mix with a spoon. Let the bread rest for 10 minutes. Knead in enough flour to make the dough not sticky. After the dough has doubled in size divide it into 4 pieces. Roll each quarter into a rectangle. Put filling in the middle. Make slits about 1 1/2 inches apart down the sides. "Braid" the dough over the top. Filling:Microwave 8 oz of cream cheese for about 1 min.add 1/4 cup of sugar and flavored extract to taste. (My family likes almond and lemon.)You can also fill it with canned pie filling or flavored cream cheese and pie filling. We like cream cheese and cherry pie filling. If this is not clear let me know and I will try to fix it. Serving Size: 20Number of Servings: 20Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FLUTTER-BY)L(.

The nutritional information for Christmas Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 20
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 237.5

• Total Fat: 10.0 g
• Cholesterol: 13.4 mg
• Sodium: 246.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 30.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 5.8 g