Melon Bread – Surprisingly Delicious!

Here's how:

• 1

  Melt the butter, add the milk, and heat to about 25 °C. Stir in the yeast and dissolve it.

• 2

  Add the remaining ingredients, except for the raisins and the caramel food coloring, and stir until you have a loose batter; mix thoroughly with a spatula, for example.

• 3

  Divide the dough into 2 parts. Color one part the desired shade of pink using the caramel food coloring, and add raisins.

• 4

  Take the second piece of dough and divide it into 2 more pieces. Color one piece the desired shade of green using food coloring, and leave the other piece its natural color.

• 5

  Knead one batch of dough at a time on a floured surface, incorporating as much flour as needed to achieve a smooth dough that isn't sticky; start with about 1 dl.

• 6

  Let the dough rest under plastic wrap or a kitchen towel for 20–30 minutes.

• 7

  Start by shaping the pink dough into an oblong loaf.

• 8

  Then roll out the white dough so that it covers the entire pink dough, and brush it with water so that the dough sticks together properly.

• 9

  Now roll out the green dough and cover the loaf with it.

• 10

  Place in a greased rectangular pan. Or place the bread on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

• 11

  Let it rise for about 1 hour.

• 12

  Preheat the oven to 270 °C; reduce the temperature to 220 °C when you place the bread in the oven. Bake for about 23–25 minutes.

• 13

  Feel free to pour a little water onto a hot baking sheet placed on the bottom rack of the oven to get a nice, golden crust—0.5 dl of water is enough. The baking sheet can stay in the oven when you turn it on.

• 14

  When the bread is done, remove it from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack.