Blackberry Pastry Bread
- 1/2 cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, chilled
- 1 cup blackberries
- 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar, for dusting
- Combine the milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, and the yeast in a large bowl; stir the egg yolks and whipping cream into the milk mixture.
- Allow to rest for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the flour, 1/4 cup of sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Cut in the cold butter with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- (This can also be done in a food processor: pulse the cold butter or shortening until it's the size of small peas.
- Turn mixture into a bowl and proceed.)
- Stir in yeast mixture until combined.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured board.
- Divide the dough into three portions and shape them into balls.
- Toss blackberries with sugar.
- Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Roll each ball out to a 9x12-inch rectangle.
- Spoon blackberries evenly onto the center third of each rectangle, width-wise.
- Using a knife, cut about 9 slanting lines along each side approximately 1 inch apart.
- Create a braid by folding alternating strips from each side, overlapping the berries.
- Place the pastry braid onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with the remaining two portions.
- Cover with a light cloth and let rise in a warm place (80 to 95 degrees F (27 to 35 degrees C)) until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.
warm milk, white sugar, active dry yeast, egg yolks, whipping cream, flour, white sugar, salt, butter, blackberries, white sugar, s sugar
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/blackberry-pastry-bread/ (may not work)