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braided strawberry cream cheese bread
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread

Braided cream cheese and strawberry bread is a great summer treat. It’s so easy to make and it tastes AMAZING! See how to make it here.
Prep Time35 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Rising Time1 hour 40 minutes
Total Time2 hours 35 minutes
Course: Bread, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked goods, cream cheese, fruit
Servings: 3 loaves
Calories: 3005kcal

Ingredients

for the dough

for the cream cheese filling

for the strawberry filling

  • 1 can of strawberry pie filling (you can use any flavor - cherry peach, etc!

for the icing

Instructions

Make the dough.

  • Mix yeast in water in the bowl of your stand mixer. Let dissolve until bubbly.
    yeast and water in a mixing bowl
  • Add the sugar, butter, milk & eggs. Mix together with the whisk attachment.
    adding eggs to the yeast in a mixing bowl
  • In a separate bowl, add salt to 2 cups of flour & mix until combined. Add the flour mixture to the yeast mixture and mix with your dough hook until combined.
    adding flour to a mixing bowl
  • Continue adding more flour, 1/2 cup at a time until the dough is a smooth mixture- just a little sticky. Knead until smooth, then cover and let the dough rise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down the dough, then let rise an additional 10-15 minutes.
    ball of dough in a mixing bowl

Make the cream cheese filling.

  • Mix the cream cheese + powdered sugar and set aside until ready to use.
    making a cream cheese frosting

Form the loaves.

  • Divide the dough into 3 balls. Roll each ball of dough into a rectangle. If your dough is stubborn, you might try rolling it out without the flour.
    three balls of bread dough on a round cutting board
  • Spread 1/3 cup of the cream cheese filling down the center of each rectangle. Spread 1/3 of the can of pie filling on top of the cream cheese filling.
    adding cream cheese and strawberry filling to raw bread dough

Braid the Bread

  • Cut 1" strips all the way down each long side of dough from the edge of the filling to the outer edge of the dough to weave with. Braid the bread by starting with the strips in each top corner, laying them over the filling, and crisscrossing them over each other. Continue braiding and tuck the last braid under when you get to the end.
    braiding a loaf of strawberry cream cheese bread

Bake it.

  • Gently pick up the braided loaves and place them on a greased or lined cookie sheet. Let the braids rise for 15 minutes.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes until golden brown.

Make the icing.

  • Combine all the ingredients to make the icing and mix until combined and smooth.
    making a vanilla icing in a glass bowl

Finish it off.

  • With the bread slightly cooled, drizzle the icing over the top of each loaf.
    finished cream cheese strawberry bread on a brown cutting board
  • Slice each loaf and serve!
    sliced strawberry cream cheese bread

Nutrition

Serving: 1loaf | Calories: 3005kcal | Carbohydrates: 484g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 98g | Saturated Fat: 58g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 25g | Trans Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 360mg | Sodium: 1454mg | Potassium: 639mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 208g | Vitamin A: 3216IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 221mg | Iron: 17mg