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Ingredients

Adapted from Epicurious.com

• 3 cups Hodgson Mill Bread Flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 4 teaspoons Hodgson Mill Active Dry Yeast
• 1¼ teaspoons salt
• ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature or slightly warm
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, hot
• 1½ Tablespoons orange extract
• 1 Tablespoon fresh orange juice
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
• â…“ cup (approx.) hot water
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts
• 1 large egg, beaten to blend, for egg wash

Combine flour, sugar, yeast and salt in bread machine pan or whichever method of dough making you choose (dough hook or by hand).  Add buttermilk, two eggs, melted butter, orange extract, orange juice and orange zest. Begin kneading dough and add enough hot water to create a soft, smooth dough that is slightly tacky but not sticky. Continue the dough cycle on the bread machine or allow the dough to rise in a warm area for about an hour and a half.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into four equal pieces. Set one portion of the dough aside. Roll each of the three pieces of dough into 13-inch long logs with the palms of your hands. Braid the logs together. Tuck under the ends and transfer the braid to a large baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray or lightly oiled. Separate the remaining dough into three equal pieces and roll each into a 10-inch log. Repeat braiding process. Brush the first, larger braid with some of the egg wash and then place the second, smaller braid on top of the larger braid. Brush the smaller braid with some of the egg wash. Let the dough rise, uncovered in a warm area until almost doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

Bake in a 325^Ëš F oven for 40-50 minutes or until the loaf is a deep, golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Transfer the bread to a rack and cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.

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