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Using plain flour and whole spelt flour
Using just plain wheat flour

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A soft, tender braided bread filled with matcha-tahini, nutella (next time I am going to try a poppy seed filling for a better colour contrast) and cherry jam. It might look tricky and complicated to make, but it's actually very simple. Braiding and 3 different fillings help create a impressive-looking loaf that is easy to make! You can bake this with just plain wheat flour or use a mix of plain flour and whole spelt for a nuttier flavour.
DoughFillings

165 ml Milk
50 g Butter
350 g Plain flour (or 250 g plain flour+100 g whole spelt flour) 5 g Active dry yeast
30 g Sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp Vanilla powder
1 Egg, medium, lightly beaten

90 g Honey tahini
1 tsp Matcha powder
75 g Cherry marmalade
90 g Nutella
1 tbsp Raw sugar for topping, optional

Warm up the milk and butter in a saucepan over low heat until the butter melted. Set aside to cool the mixture briefly.
In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix together the flour, dried yeast, sugar, salt and vanilla powder. Add in milk-butter mixture and the egg, reserving a tablespoon for the topping. Stir at slow speed for a couple of minutes until the dough comes together. Increase the speed and knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
Turn out the d...