Egg Sesame Bread

• yellow food coloring
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 2 pkg yeast
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs + yolk from egg below, slightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cup scalded milk
• 2 Tbsp melted butter
• approx. 6 1/2 cups sifted flour
• for glaze:
• 1 egg white, beaten
• sesame seeds

1. Soften yeast in warm water.
2. Put milk, butter, sugar, and salt into pan - scald milk.
3. Cool to lukewarm. Pour in bowl.
4. Add 2 cups flour to milk & mix.
5. Add yeast & water, eggs, food coloring, and mix.
6. Add the remainder of the flour a little at a time
7. Knead dough and let rise. Punch down and divide into 6 pieces. Shape each into a strip.
8. Braid 3 strips into a loaf and tuck ends under. Repeat with remaining 3 strips.
9. Place onto cookie sheet and let rise.
10. Then brush each loaf with the egg white & sprinkle with sesame seeds.
11. Bake at 350-375 for about 30 minutes.
12. Tip: you can tell when bread is done by either inserting a toothpick or tapping crust with fingernail. Don't put loaves on same pan - use two that will fit into your oven. Otherwise they will glom together and not be pretty.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/egg-sesame-bread-1265612 (may not work)