[rec.food.recipes] OVO-LACTO: Cheese Braid

belville@athena.mit.edu (Sharon Belville) (05/08/91)

Dough:

Scald 1 cup sour cream.  Add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 cup melted
butter.  Cool to lukewarm.  Dissolve 2 pkg yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm
water.  Add to above lukewarm mixture.

Add 	2 eggs, beaten.
	4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
Cover and chill 24 hours.

Remove from fridge and divide into 4 equal parts.  Roll into thin
rectangles.  Spread each portion w/ 1/4 cream cheese mixture (below).
Roll like a jelly roll.  Cut 3 or 4 slashes in tops.  (Mom always made
3 braids - couldn't figure out how to stretch it to 4.)

Cream Cheese Filling:

2 8oz pkgs softened cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla

Mix 'til smooth.  Fill the rectangle rolls above....

Place on lightly greased cookie sheets.  Let rise 'til double in size
(about 1 hour).  Bake at 375F 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned.
Place topping on each (below).

Topping:

2 cups powdered sugar
4 Tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla


Sharon Belville