There are few things in life that make me as happy as making bread. Not only does it taste delicious, but it’s the perfect thing to make when you’re stressed out… Kneading and punching down the dough is a great way to work off that extra steam…and there’s not much in this world quite as delicious as hot bread straight from the oven.
Unless you’re talking about fresh from the oven Voodoo bread served alongside a hot and spicy bowl of Sinfully Slothful Seafood Gumbo. And in keeping with the idea of sinfully slothful, I’m including a box mix version of this bread as well as the full recipe so you can choose which one you want to make. Spoiler: the box mix takes so little effort that it’s perfect for lazy demons.
If you are using a box mix…now is the time to rejoin the rest of the class for the remainder of the recipe. Welcome back! Go ahead and divide your dough up according to the above directions. Everything else for the remainder of this recipe covers both the box mix dough and the from scratch dough.
Use your black dye to dye the largest ball and then use your purple and green to dye the other two balls. You can dye the bread by placing a small amount of dye in the center of each dough ball and then kneading the color through. Use the flour to dust both your hands and your workspace to keep the dough from sticking.
Using a rolling pin, roll out each of your dough balls until they’re about 1/2 an inch thick and circular in shape.
Make sure you roll your black dough out so that it is larger than both your purple and green dough. Layer them down on your workspace, starting with your black, then moving to green and finally your purple. Stack your green on top of your black, lining up just one edge. Follow this piece with your purple dough, again lining up along the same edge you lined up your green with.
Lightly sprinkle your dough with a little water. Not too much…you just want it to be slightly damp so it will stick to itself.
Starting at your purple end, roll the dough up into a loaf shape, working towards the black end. You want to create a swirl, so it’s important to make sure that all three colors are being rolled up at the same time.
When you’re done rolling, you should be left with a solid black roll. You shouldn’t be able to see any of the other two colors.
Place your dough roll into your bread pan, seam side down. Tuck under your end edges as well.
Using a sharp knife, slash three ‘X’ in the top of your bread (in honor of the original Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau). Try to make your slashes deep enough that the cut through the black layer and reveal the green layer.
PREHEAT YOUR OVEN TO 450˚F/230˚C.
Brush the top of the bread lightly with the melted butter and sprinkle on a pinch of coarse salt.
COVER THE BREAD PAN WITH ALUMINUM FOIL, making sure it’s not touching the actual dough itself. Once the oven is at temperature, slide in your bread pans and cook for 25 minutes.
AFTER 25 MINUTES, REMOVE THE FOIL. Allow the uncovered bread to cook for an additional 7-10 minutes.
ONCE YOUR BREAD IS DONE COOKING, remove from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 30 minutes.
When it’s done, cooling, run a knife around the edge of your bread and gently turn your pan upside down. The bread should pop right out. Now take that time to truly admire how badass it looks) before slicing and enjoying with your gumbo.
YUM!
And what goes better with fresh bread than hot soup?! Check out our Voodoo Vegetable Stew!
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Now THAT’S a real beauty!
I bet you this bread would go amazingly well with some curry!
I was going to make a similar suggestion later 🙂
I got trapped in an unforgiving cycle of failed chocolate last weekend so I had to put curry on the menu for this weekend…but it’s coming!!!
lol
Take your time.
This looks like something I could go for, thank you for posting this recipe 😀
My pleasure…and if you decide to switch it up…substituting yellow for the black and adding a blue layer gives you unicorn bread…
That sounds cool too, will have to make a day project with my granddaughters <3
Shhh…don’t tell anyone but I secretly have a softer side. I made this for my 2 year old niece and she loved it. http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Grilled-Unicorn-Bread-and-Rainbow-Cheese-/
I’m trying to make this bread right now for a dinner party tomorrow and I can’t get past step 1! My yeast doesn’t seem to be activating. Is it two 1/4 cups of warm water or 2 and a 1/4 of warm water?
Oh no! I’m so sorry I just saw this. It’s two and 1/4 cup warm water. Did your yeast ever activate? Yeast is a living organism so if it doesn’t activate, it could very well be an old batch and expired as in literally…expired. I hope your bread worked!