This looks like it is based upon the KAF recipe for the cream cheese braid I make quite often. Not being a huge fan of lemon but an enormous fan of cream cheese, I usually make this with just the cream cheese and sometimes a fruit jam. I usually make two braids and they last, oh about half an hour! My family loves, loves, LOVES this dessert. And it is sooooo easy. Instead of the pearl sugar, I whip up a simple icing with powdered sugar, vanilla and just enough heavy whipping cream to thin it out. Ohhhhh it is soooo delicious. Guess what I'm making this weekend?! KAF is my absolute favorite baking resource. I use ONLY KAF flours and I have several KAF cookbooks, including Jeffrey Hammelman's bread book. One of these days I'm going to make the trip to Vermont to visit KAF and meet my heroes there.

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