INCREDIBLE BRAIDED BREAD WITH BRIE © copyright Marci Arthur

 

This is a fabulously simple but elegant recipe and people will rave about how clever you are and only you and I will know the truth.  That you are!!!!

 

1 loaf of Bridgeford Bread

1 l0” round of French Brie

A very good jar of preserves

Sliced almonds

Heavy whipping cream

1 egg

 

Preheat oven to 350.

 

1. Allow the bread to thaw, and then cut into three equal strips.  Lengthwise.  Braid them and put on a cookie sheet.  Place a cake pan upside down on parchment paper in center of cookie sheet.  And pull braid around and using water or milk glue the two ends together.  Beat egg with 1/3 cup of whipping cream.
2. Using a pastry brush, brush surface of bread.  This will give bread a wonderful golden glaze.  After glazing, sprinkle ¼ cup of sliced almonds over surface of unbaked bread, and then bake until golden for about 20 to 25 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in another oven or same, put Brie on parchment paper and slightly hollow center.  Pour preserves in hollow and spread across the top. 
4. Do not put in oven until the last 5 minutes of the bread baking.  Bake for 15 minutes or until hot and soft but not runny.  I find this works well to place Brie on top of the bottom of a removable tart pan.  You can place bread around it easily and you can easily place on another serving platter and cut it without a care in the world.