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Lemon Cream Cheese Braid
This Lemon Cream Cheese Braid is so easy! Chewy pastry filled with sweet lemon cream cheese!
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 35m⏳ Prep: 1h 15m🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- microwave
- baking sheet
- knife
- oven
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer mix together dry yeast, salt, 3/4 cup flour, and lemon zest.
lemon zest1 tablespoon
2
In a medium, microwave safe bowl heat milk, sugar and butter to very warm (120° to 130°F). Add these to the dry ingredients and mix until moistened. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing until smooth. Add in 2 cups flour and mix until a soft dough forms. If needed, add the remaining 1/4 cup flour. The dough shouldn’t be sticky.
egg1vanilla1 teaspoon
3
Using a dough hook, mix the dough for ⏱️ 6 minutes on medium-low speed. Alternately, you can knead the dough by hand for ⏱️ 6-7 minutes until smooth and elastic.
4
Cover the dough with a clean dish towel and allow it to rest for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
5
Meanwhile, in a clean bowl, mix together the cream cheese, lemon juice and powdered sugar until creamy and smooth. Set aside.
cream cheese, room temperature1 (8 ounce block)lemon juice2 teaspoonscup powdered sugar3/4powdered sugar1 cup
6
Once dough is done resting, roll it out on a lightly floured surface until it’s approximately 17×10 inches. Transfer the dough to a large baking sheet, lined with parchment paper.
7
Spread the cream cheese mixture down the middle of the dough, long-wise, creating a strip that’s approximately 4-inches in diameter. Using a knife, or kitchen shears, cut the dough into 1- inch strips on each of the dough, just to edge of the filling. Alternate from side to side, starting at the top, folding the strips on a slight angle across the filling, overlapping.
cream cheese, room temperature1 (8 ounce block)
8
Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place 45 to ⏱️ 60 minutes or until doubled in size.
9
Preheat oven to 375°F.
10
Bake for ⏱️ 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
11
Glaze
12
In a medium bowl whisk together powdered sugar, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of milk until smooth. Drizzle on top of the braid.
cup powdered sugar3/4powdered sugar1 cuplemon juice2 teaspoons
13
Serve warm or at room temperature.
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