This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills® via Burst Media. The opinions and text are mine.
I love any excuse to bake. Birthdays, holidays, get-togethers with friends….no matter what the occasion, I love to make nice-looking and good-tasting food for other people. March is an exciting time – I’ve got a birthday to celebrate (big party coming up!), the weather will *hopefully* be warming up very soon, and college basketball games will be starting, with all of the HOOP-la that games create.
This past weekend, two of my teens and I headed out to Food Lion® to stock up on some of our favorite General Mills products (teens love to pick out their favorite treats just as much as little kids do)! I am excited to announce the amazing deal that is going on now through March 16.
General Mills MVP Special #FoodLionSale
Buy 10 General Mills products in one visit and get $5 off your next visit when you use your Food Lion® MVP Card. Coupon is available from March 3rd – 16th; coupon expires on March 30th.
Participating General Mills products will have a shelf tag on them in the store for the duration of the campaign so you can always tell which items qualify for the promotion.
While I was at Food Lion® with my kids, I was amazed at how many of our favorite products are made by General Mills. Among the many General Mills’ products that I put into my cart the other day, one of them stood out to me as the catalyst to a recipe that I wanted to try. I’d recently seen braided breads all over Pinterest, but I had never made one myself. I love to create food that will impress a crowd (especially when we’re talking about big games and parties) and braided breads are impressive!
This recipe was a lot easier than I thought it would be, and I was thrilled with how well it turned out. The hardest part of braided bread is always making the dough, but using the pre-made pizza crust was so easy and delicious, too. Ready for the recipe?
Cranberry Cream Cheese Braided Bread
Ingredients:
1 Pillsbury® pizza crust
1 egg white, lightly beaten
Cream cheese filling:
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla
Cranberry filling:
½ cup chopped fresh cranberries
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1 ½ teaspoons shredded orange peel
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Orange cream cheese glaze:
2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon shredded orange peel
½ teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, mix cranberries, brown sugar, walnuts, orange peel, and spices.
- Spread Pillsbury® pizza crust on a greased cookie sheet. Gently press dough to the edges of the cookie sheet.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over the middle third of the pizza dough. Cover cream cheese with cranberry mixture.
- Using a sharp knife, cut one-inch strips of dough on each side of the filling. Alternately cross the strips over the middle to create a braided look. Tuck ends under to seal the loaf.
- Brush loaf with beaten egg white.
- Bake at 375° for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Mix orange cream cheese glaze in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle over hot loaf.
- Let loaf cool and cut into slices.
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills® via Burst Media. The opinions and text are mine.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills® via Burst Media. The opinions and text are mine.
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The cranberry bread looks amazing. Pinning and making for Christmas.
Bev