Prep Time 2 hours hours 45 minutes minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes minutes
Total Time 3 hours hours 25 minutes minutes
1. If you are using active dry yeast, it is recommended that you proof it first. [br]2. The original recipe called for nutmeg as the spice used, I substituted it with cinnamon. [br]3. The original recipe called only for raisins, but to give it a more celebratory feeling, I used some store-bought fruit-cake fruit mix. [br]4. I used the reserved egg whites to give it an egg wash just before baking.[br]5. Bread is ready when the crust is browned, and is firm. Once the bread is baked, it will sound hollow.[br]6. Blanching almonds - place the almonds in a bowl and pour some boiling water on top of the almonds. Let it rest for a couple of minutes. Peel off the skin.[br]7. Follow the youtube tutorial shared in the post to learn how to make a four braided bread. Follow the pictorial for the Zucchini bread (yeast based) to learn the three braid technique. The easiest one is the two braided one, where you just twist the two rolls against each other.[br]8. Do not tighten the braids, so that there is enough room for them to rise and expand.