I've been meaning to write a post about this egg bread I made shortly after Easter, so here it is. I ended up trying a recipe from the following website, which resulted in such a lovely, fluffy bread; I was really impressed: http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Homemade-Egg-Bread. It also makes two loaves, so it makes the time and effort put into this recipe all the more worthwhile.
It's really not a very different recipe from any of the other breads I've made, except that it includes eggs, milk, and gets braided in to loaf garnished with sesame seeds. Everything simply gets mixed into a bowl, kneaded, left to rise, punched down and left to rise again, shaped, and left to rise a final time before being garnished and put in the oven. You can check the recipe itself for more detail.
The most challenging part of this recipe was forming the braid. The recipe calls for the dough to be divided into 6 ropes and you use 3 ropes per loaf. My sister had to help me with the braiding though, just to keep keep everything we had braided in place while we completed the last part of the braid. I didn't want to seal the ends right away in case we messed the braid up, so we braided the dough before we sealed the ends. Once we allowed the dough to rise after shaping it, it really began to look like the loaf you see above and below in terms of shape, because the dough had puffed up and fused together a bit.
What I found about this bread is that it's one of the first breads I've made that makes a truly fantastic sandwich bread due to its light fluffiness, and I really enjoyed the toasted quality the sesame seeds took on once the bread was baked. This is a great recipe and one I would highly recommend.
