Easy to Make Christmas Bread Recipe

This is something a little different than you're used to, as I haven't made a banana bread - or any bread, really - recipe on the blog for years! This is a Christmas Bread Recipe and it is so easy to make with the help of frozen bread dough!

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Christmas Bread Recipe

The key here is to knead, knead, knead. I'd say about 6-8 minutes to knead the color of the dye into the bread dough. It takes a bit and will seem like it won't come together but it eventually will!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…with lots and lots of Christmas sweets and treats! Heck, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, it is the season to stuff your face with party food and sweets, right? I love baking Christmas cookies and thought I’d try to come up with something different this year.

My food writer Kari baked up this new Christmas Bread Recipe, which is so fun to make and easy with the help of a loaf of refrigerated bread dough from your local grocery store, and of course, a little food coloring and creativity. 

Are You Looking for Christmas Cookies Recipes like this Christmas Bread Recipe?

Check out some of my super fun and delicious Christmas Cookies Recipes! 

My top Christmas cookie recipe is actually this Christmas Cookie Bars Recipe and it gets so many views every holiday season! I’ve been making it for years and it’s actually my second favorite! My other favorite is this M&Ms Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe! But believe me, all of these other recipes are equally delicious.

I just love Christmas cookies, so I am always trying to share new and easy recipes for you guys to all try each year. This is why we alternate between easy homemade fixes for Christmas treats like this, and then right-from-scratch stuff as well!

• Easy Homemade Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe
• Hot Cocoa Cookies Recipe for Santa Claus
• Mocha Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe
• Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

This Christmas Bread Recipe is just so much fun, and it really is just absolutely perfect for the holidays! Make sure that you allow 2 days to make as you need to thaw overnight and then make it with the thawed dough.

How to Make this Christmas Bread Recipe

Christmas Bread Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 loaf, frozen bread dough
• red and green food coloring -Used Americolor Soft Gel Paste in 111 Red and 111 leaf green
• flour
• plastic gloves (optional)

Christmas Bread Recipe Directions:

Grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place a frozen loaf of dough into the pan. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Refrigerate overnight or until thawed.

Once dough is thawed, remove from pan and divide into thirds.

Wrap one section of dough in plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.

Put on rubber gloves. Pull apart one piece of dough and add food coloring.

Knead for 6-8 minutes until color is evenly mixed through. It will take some time, but eventually come together. Wrap in plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. Repeat for the green.

Roll green dough onto a floured surface until about ⅜" thick. Roll uncolored dough onto a surface lightly dusted with flour until ⅜" thick. Lay the white dough on top of the green dough.

Repeat with the red dough, and stack on top of the others.

Roll the dough into a loaf shape.

Place into a greased loaf pan, seam side down. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and allow to rise for 1-2 hours.

For the bread to rise, I find it easiest to warm an oven and then turn off the heat. Place the loaf pan, covered with plastic wrap, in the oven for 60-90 minutes or until double in size. Remove from oven.

Preheat oven to 350 and bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown.

This Christmas Bread Recipe makes 1 loaf. 

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Christmas Bread

Author Jenn

Ingredients

• 1 loaf frozen bread dough
• red and green food coloring
• -Used Americolor Soft Gel Paste in 111 Red and 111 leaf green
• flour
• plastic gloves optional

Instructions

1. Grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place a frozen loaf of dough into the pan. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Refrigerate overnight or until thawed.
2. Once dough is thawed, remove from pan and divide into thirds. Wrap one section of dough in plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
3. Put on rubber gloves. Pull apart one piece of dough and add food coloring. Knead for 6-8 minutes until color is evenly mixed through. It will take some time, but eventually come together. Wrap in plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. Repeat for the green.
4. Roll green dough onto a floured surface until about ⅜" thick. Roll uncolored dough onto a surface lightly dusted with flour until ⅜" thick. Lay the white dough on top of the green dough. Repeat with the red dough, and stack on top of the others. Roll the dough into a loaf shape. Place into a greased loaf pan, seam side down. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray and allow to rise for 1-2 hours.
5. For the bread to rise, I find it easiest to warm an oven and then turn off the heat. Place the loaf pan, covered with plastic wrap, in the oven for 60-90 minutes or until double in size. Remove from oven.
6. Preheat oven to 350 and bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown.