Serves: 12
Total Calories: 297
Spray board or counter with non-stick cooking spray. Place loaves end to end and roll the combined length into a 12 x 30-inch rectangle. With a clean ruler, gently mark a 4-inch space down the center. Then mark dough on either side of center into 1-1/2 inch strips horizontally. Mix cream cheese, butter, lemon juice and sugar together and spread down the center of braid. Top mixture with cherry pie filling.
Make cuts on sides from filling to dough edges. Begin braid by folding top row toward filling. Then fold strips left over right, right over left. Fold bottom end towards filling and finish by stretching last strip and tucking under. Using both hands, carefully lift braid onto a large baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bring ends together forming an open circle. Pull circle into a heart shape (cut ends on an angle in order to join tightly). Place four glasses filled halfway with water at each bend in the heart to help retain its shape as it rises. Brush with egg and cover with sprayed plastic wrap. Let rise until double. Remove wrap and glasses and bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool.
Combine icing ingredients and drizzle over braid. Decorate with cherries.
This Braided Heart recipe is from the Cook'n with Rhodes Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
"I must say this is the best recipe software I have ever owned."
-Rob
"Your DVO cookbook software saves me time and money!"
-Mary Ann
"Call it nutrition software, meal planning software, cooking software, recipe manager, or whatever you want. It is the software I use to stay healthy!"
-David
"Your software is the best recipe organizer and menu planner out there!"
-Toni
"Thank you so very much for creating such a wonderful cooking recipe program. I think this is the best recipe program there is!"
-Sarah
"I saw lots of recipe software for PC computers but I was having a hard time finding really good mac recipe software. I'm so glad I discovered Cook'n! It's so nice to have all my recipes in a computer recipe organizer. Cook'n has saved me so much time with meal planning and the recipe nutrition calculator is amazing!!!
-Jill
My favorite is the Cook'n Recipe App.
-Tom
