Christmas Bread

• 3 cups Flour
• 1 envelope (7g Packet) Active Dry Yeast
• 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 cup Buttermilk
• 1/4 cups Shortening
• 1/4 cups Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 whole Egg
• 2 Tablespoons Butter, Softened
• 1 Tablespoon Red Sugar Crystals
• 1 Tablespoon Green Sugar Crystals
• Powdered Sugar Icing

1. Combine 11/2 cups flour, the yeast, and baking soda.
2. Heat buttermilk, shortening, sugar and 1 teaspoon salt till warm, stirring to melt the shortening. Add to the dry ingredients; add egg.
3. Beat at low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes at high speed. Stir in enough remaining flour to make moderately stiff.
4. Turn onto a floured board; knead 5 minutes. Cover; let rest 10 minutes. Halve dough. Roll one half to a 14 x 6 inch rectangle. Spread with 1 tablespoon butter; sprinkle with red sugar crystals. Fold in half to make a narrow rectangle. Cut into fourteen 1-inch strips. Twist each one; arrange on a greased baking sheet in a tree shape. Repeat with the remaining dough, butter and green sugar crystals. Let rise 1 hour.
5. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 15 minutes; cool. Frost with powdered sugar icing, if desired.

flour, yeast, ubc, buttermilk, ubc, ubc, salt, egg, butter, red sugar crystals, green sugar crystals, powdered sugar

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/christmas-bread/ (may not work)