Guyanese Plait Bread Recipe

step 1

• STEP 1.Dissolve you brown sugar into slightly warm water and add in yeast and mix well. In a bowl take flour and mix it with butter to make a crumbly dough. Make a well in the center of the bowl and pour in your yeast mixture. Mix it well and knead it into a dough.

step 2

• STEP 1.Grease a bowl with some butter and place the prepared dough in it. Cover the bowl with a cotton cloth and set it aside for 30 minutes at a warm place so that the dough can rise. Take the dough and knead it good. Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces and roll into a 1 & 1 1/2 feet long cylinder. Braid the pieces together.

step 3

• STEP 1.Grease a sheet pan with some butter and place you dough braid on it. Cover with a cotton cloth and set it aside to rise a bit for 20 minutes. bake the bread in the oven for 25 minutes at 300 degrees F. Brush it with some butter and it is ready.