Easy Vegan Christmas Bread

VEGAN • EASY PREP

VEGGIE FUN KITCHEN

This festive red and green vegan Christmas bread is as easy to make as it is colorful! Made with bake-and-serve bread and colored with red and green gel food colorings, you mix it together in a stand mixer with a dough hook.

Layer and roll, let it rise, and bake. You’ll have a colorful lovely Christmas swirl bread on the table in no time.

1. Thaw a one-pound loaf of bake-and-serve bread if not already thawed. I place one in a large baggy in the refrigerator overnight. Bring it closer to room temperature by setting it on the counter for about 30 minutes before making the bread.

THAW THE DOUGH

2. Grease a 9 x5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray or vegetable shortening.

PREP THE PAN

3. Make sure your loaf is fully thawed. I set it out on the counter for about 30 minutes to bring it to room temperature. This time is included in the prep time. Separate the loaf into three equal pieces. You will be coloring one of them red, one green, and leaving one white. If one piece is a little larger than the others, I make this the white piece.

SEPARATE

4. Place one of the three pieces in the stand mixer bowl and insert the dough blade. Add one teaspoon of green food coloring and one-half tablespoon (on half) of the flour. Mix on high speed for several minutes, adding more coloring if desired. See notes if the coloring is not mixing in. Set the green dough aside and clean the bowl and dough hook well.

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