For some time now, Jack has been making bread using the bread machine for the first step, then finishing the loaf by hand. This is the first time he has made a braided loaf. Halfway through the process he was predicting disaster. Each strand of the braid is filled with an onion mixture. As you can see, his pessimism was unfounded. This recipe came from Bread Machine Bounty, a bread machine cookbook that we’ve had for many years.