rainbow bread

An easy recipe for making rainbow bread using sourdough starter or active dry yeast. Detailed instructions from which colors to choose to How to color the dough and make the rainbow swirl bread! A fun bread to make for kids on special occasions.

An easy recipe for Rainbow Bread

All-purpose flour (3 ½ cups (100%))

330 g whole milk (1 1/3 cup (70%))

salt (1 ½ tsp (2%))

sourdough starter ((25%))

Food colors

Start the rainbow bread recipe by measuring all the ingredients and ensure that the sourdough starter is fed and ripe.

In a bowl combine all the dry ingredients and wet ingredients, except the coloring. Do not bother to knead the dough, instead, just combine the wet and dry ingredients.

Now divide the dough into 4 equal portions and keep them in separate bowls.

Add the food color of your choice to each bowl. I add 2-3 drops of pink, green, yellow, and blue gel colorings to each bowl.

Now remove the combined dough from one bowl onto a flour-dusted workstation. Knead with hands, to form a smooth dough that is evenly colored.

Repeat the process for all the colors.  It would take 3-5 minutes for kneading the dough of each color.

Cover the colored doughs with cling wraps and let them bulk rise until they become double in size. Preferably leave them to bulk rise in the fridge overnight.

The next morning, roll each colored dough into a rectangular sheet. Keep dusting flour underneath, to prevent it from sticking to the workstation.

When all the colored dough sheets are ready, stack them over each other, one at a time. Stretch to make rectangular sheets and stack them perfectly over each other.

When all the dough sheets have formed a stack, go ahead, and start to roll them. Begin from one edge and roll to form a colored log.

Into a prepared loaf pan (9x5 inches), transfer the rainbow log with the seam side down.

Cover the pan and let it rise until it becomes almost double in volume or rises to the rim.

Bake at 375 0 F for 40 minutes.

Let the rainbow bread loaf cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes. Then, transfer it on to a cooling rack. Let the bread cool for another 30 minutes before slicing.

Now slice and make a great sandwich, wow your kids, and Enjoy!

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Homemade Rainbow Bread

milk

all-purpose flour

Tablespoons sugar

active dry yeast (1 packet)

Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

salt

Food dye (red, yellow and blue)

Grease 5 medium-sized bowls and set aside.

In a small, microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the...

In a small, microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the milk and egg yolk. Microwave 30 seconds, and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar...

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and yeast. Add the milk mixture, as well as the butter and salt and stir to combine.

Using a dough hook on a stand mixer,...

Using a dough hook on a stand mixer, or just your hands, knead the dough (5 minutes with a mixer, 10 minutes by hand) until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Divide the dough into 5 equal portions.

Working with one ball of dough at a...

Working with one ball of dough at a time, dye each ball into one color of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Add 5-10 drops of food coloring, knead until fully dyed and then place the dyed ball of dough in it's own individual, greased bowl. Repeat with all of the dough.

Cover the bowls with a tea towel and...

Cover the bowls with a tea towel and let rise for 2 hours.

Grease a loaf pan and line with parchment...

Grease a loaf pan and line with parchment paper. Set aside.

The dough should be at least doubled in...

The dough should be at least doubled in size when the tea towel is removed.

Punch the dough down and then remove from...

Punch the dough down and then remove from the bowl.

You can shape the dough into a log...

You can shape the dough into a log a couple of different ways: you can roll out the dough to equal-sized rectangles and then lay each layer on top of each other, then roll into a large log/loaf; OR, roll the purple dough into a log shape, then roll the other doughs into rectangles and wrap around the purple log to form the loaf

Place the dough in the prepared loaf pan....

Place the dough in the prepared loaf pan. Cover with tea towel and allow to double for a second time, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375ºF

Remove the tea towel and bake the bread...

Remove the tea towel and bake the bread for 30 minutes, until slightly browning on top and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Cool completely before slicing.

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