Christmas Breakfast Bread Recipe

An amazing dessert for your holiday celebrations! A pull apart star bread with a buttery cinnamon sugar filling just melts in your mouth! The perfect holiday treat for breakfast, brunch or dessert!

Normally, people are extremely intimidated when using yeast. Since publishing our Soft Cinnamon Rolls last year, our readers have become yeast converts and LOVING the outcome!

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I have broken this star Christmas bread recipe down with easy to follow pictures and guidelines on how to make this stunning bread.

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Called a snowflake, star bread or flower bread, it has one thing in common — it’s incredible! And so rewarding when it comes out of the oven. There’s nothing like the smell of fresh bread, warm filling the air to entice everyone who walks through your door!

You’re going to start your Star Bread by activating your Instant rise (or rapid rise) yeast in a jug full of warm milk and butter. When warming your milk, you’ll want to reach a temperature of 110°F or 45°C. If you don’t have a thermometer, dip your finger in and it should feel very warm to the touch — enough to want to take your finger out BUT not scalding hot.

Make your dough and knead by hand or mixer until dough is soft and elastic. Once your dough has risen to double its size, prepare your filling, put some music on and get ready for the fun part.

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You’re going to divide the dough into 4 separate pieces. Lightly flour a clean work surface and use a rolling pin to roll one ball out into a 12 inch/30 cm disc for a large-ish star or 10 inch/26 cm for a medium-sized star. The best way to decide what you want or need is to start rolling it out and measure as you go. Once your happy with how large your star is, continue on!

Place a plate on top and cut away any excess dough around the plate with a sharp knife. Remove the plate and place the dough disc onto a lined baking sheet. This is your base or bottom layer.

Spread the bottom layer with 1/3 of the softened butter and 1/3 of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll out the second ball of dough and place on top of the base. Spread with 1/3 of the filling and repeat! Keep in mind the top dough will not have any butter or brown sugar/cinnamon on it.

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Place a small cup in the middle of the layered dough and very lightly mark a ring in the centre to use as a guide but not enough to create an indent.

Cut the dough with into quarters all the way through to the base with four lines: 3 o’clock, 6o’clock, 9o’clock and 12 o’clock. Cut each quarter into 2 pieces, then cut each of those into 2 pieces so you end up with 16 strands connected to the middle circle.

Take 2 strands that are side-by-side and twist them away from each other with two twists. Do this all around so it looks like the image in the collage below:

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Next: Connect the two strands that are twisted away from each other at the ends, pinching the ends together to form a point or seal. Do this with all of the strands and create a your Star Bread!

The base of the Star Bread gets so sticky and gooey from the brown sugar spilling out while baking. That would have to be our FAVE part!

Soft and fluffy Pull Apart Christmas Bread with a sweet and sticky brown sugar cinnamon roll centre! An amazing dessert for your holiday celebrations!

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It wouldn't be the holidays without Christmas cookies or a holiday roast, but that doesn't mean you should forget about the bread basket! Sure, you can buy store-bought dinner rolls, but why not trying making your own Christmas breads for change—it's easier than you might think! For instance, you can whip up homemade fruitcake recipes or prepare a cheesy pull-apart bread using only three ingredients. Looking for something sweeter? There are tons of quick bread recipes that are perfect for serving at your Christmas brunch.

Here, you'll find different types of bread that are filled with the flavors of the season. For instance, there's a pumpkin quick bread and a cinnamon star bread that makes the most stunning Christmas dessert. We've also included some classic bread recipes that are Christmas traditions from around the world, like the Italian panettone and German stollen. For Ree Drummond, making homemade cinnamon rolls is a Christmas tradition that she takes part in year after year. She packages them up as a homemade Christmas food gifts to deliver to friends and family during the holiday season. Now that's a carb-lovers' gift if we've ever seen one!

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Warm spices and pumpkin puree make this bread a classic throughout the season. You can top it with pumpkin seeds for crunch or mix in chocolate chips for a sweeter loaf.

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It might have cake in the name, but this traditional holiday loaf is very similar to a quick bread. The recipe makes two fruitcakes so it's great for gifting!

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Ree grew up eating this skillet cornbread so you know it has to be good. Give it a holiday spin by serving it with a flavorful butter.

This trick for a simple loaf of bread creates the ultimate crowd-pleasing dish. All it takes are a few diamond-shaped slices across the top, store-bought pesto, and a bag of shredded mozzarella cheese.

These yeasted rolls are a holiday tradition for the Drummond family. They like to give them out to friends as a Christmas treat.

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This traditional Italian bread is made with dried fruits and candied citrus peel. It's similar to fruitcake but much lighter and fluffier.

This traditional sweet bread can be found at German Christmas markets throughout the season. It's filled with dried fruits and marzipan for an almond flavor.

Have you ever seen such a show-stopping bread?! The star or snowflake-shaped bread is filled with swirls of cinnamon-sugar so it's just as delicious as it looks.

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Easy Christmas Morning Breakfasts

Family will never know this beautiful appetizer starts with store-bought pizza dough and marinara. The recipe can be formed into any shape, but we're partial to the Christmas tree, of course.

Cranberry and eggnog are classic Christmas flavors and we've brought them together in this festive quick bread. Add a little rum to the glaze for extra holiday cheer.

Christmas dinner may be the main event, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day and with these Grammy Rolls you can treat it as such. This take on monkey bread is full of cinnamon and just the right amount of sweetness for post-present refueling.

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These cranberry pecan sweet rolls are similar in flavor to another Christmas favorite: Panettone. It's not the quickest recipe, but well worth

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