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Recreating Panera s
holiday bread

baked.buzzed.bored.
In this new series, three daily arts writers
in varying states of mind visit the same
place and write about their experiences.
this week's destination:
"S pring Breakers "

There are a few things
that draw me back
home at least a couple
of times every semester, name-
ly my family and friends, a .
cozy bed and
an actual
kitchen:
You know,
that magical
place where
you can cook
or bake with
more than NATHAN
just a micro- WOOD
wave and
cup of Easy
Mac (#RAproblems). And while
I was home this past weekend,
I tried my hand at something
I've been wanting to taste for a
long time: Panera Bread's Holi-
day Bread.
All November and Decem-
ber, I walked past Panera on
North U and stared at the
window-sized photos of the
bread being offered "for a lim-
ited time only." On a weathered
wooden cutting board laid a
sliced loaf of brioche oozing
with apple filling and topped
with streusel and icing. Cran-
berries were dashed about and
a cup of coffee - artfully set
out of focus - sat alongside. I
could taste Christmas in my
mouth just looking at it.

"4 large eggs, lightly beaten
-1/4 cup honey
.3/4 cup unsalted butter,
melted (11/2 sticks)
"4 cups all-purpose flour
.1/2 cup semisweet choco-
late chips
.1/2 cup chopped walnuts
"1/4 cup dried cranberries
.1/4 cup golden raisins
Directions:
1. Mix the water, yeast, salt,
eggs and honey in a large bowl.
Slowly add the melted butter
while stirring vigorously so as
to not scramble the eggs and/or
kill the yeast.
2. Mix in all of the flour
(without kneading) - lumps
are okay.
3. Allow the dough to rise
with a non-airtight lid until it
begins to collapse (about three
hours). A warm, moist place is
best. If your oven has a proof-
ing setting, use it. If not, don't
worry. Either way, place a big
bowl of hot water in the bot-
tom of the oven to supply the
moisture.
4. Punch down the dough
with greased hands.
5. Transfer the dough to
a floured cutting board and
briefly knead in the remaining
ingredients.
Apple-Cinnamon Filling

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all
th
it's

might take Ingredients:
-4 apples, chopped into
day to make small cubes
-1/2 cup brown sugar
is bread but .1 1/2 tablespoons ground
cinnamon
so worth it. -Dash (less than 1/8 tea-
spoon) freshly ground nutmeg
-1/8 teaspoon of kosher salt
-11/2 tablespoons bourbon
I never made time to whiskey
And now it's spring and, -1/2 teaspoon vanilla
ore, no longer offered. -2 tablespoons butter
ad. -1 tablespoon cornstarch
rom that picture and a .2 teaspoons water

7. Cool completely.
Simple Egg Wash
Ingredients:
-1 large egg
-1 tablespoon water
Directions:
1.Whisk to combine.
Streusel Topping
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup granulated sugar
-1/4 cup unsalted butter,
room temperature
-1/2 teaspoon ground cin-
namon
-1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Directions:
1. Combine all of the ingre-
dients in a small bowl.
2. Mix with a fork until
crumbly.
Powdered Sugar Icing
Ingredients:
-2 cups powdered sugar
(sifted, if you can)
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
-Approximately 3 table-
spoons milk
Directions:
1. Mix together the pow-
dered sugar, vanilla and one
tablespoon of milk.
2. Continue adding milk -
one teaspoon at a time - until
the desired consistency is
achieved.
BAKING:
1. Roll the brioche dough into
a rectangle approximately 1/2-
inch thick.
2. Spread the apple-cinnamon
filling over the middle third of
the dough rectangle, starting at
one short end and ending at the
other.
3. Fold over the longsides of
the rectangle so that the filling is
covered and there is some dough
overlap in the middle.
4. Transfer the loaf to a flat
baking sheet and let it rest for an
hour and 40 minutes.
5. Brush the top with egg
wash (don't be concerned with
using it all).
6. Scatter the streusel topping
over the whole loaf (definitely
use it all).
7. Bake the bread at 325
degrees for approximately
one hour, or until a toothpick
inserted under the streusel crust
comes out clean.
8. Cool the bread slightly.
9. Drizzle the icing over the
streusel. Slice the bread and
serve warm.
Whether your family is sup-
posed to bring something to
Grandma's Easter dinner this
Sunday, you're looking forward
to finally eating leavened bread
againat the end of Passover
or you just happen to be going
home sometime soon, consider
investing some time in this holi-
day bread. Though it might truly
be better fit for winter, so would
this weather we've been having.
Wood is snacking
on some bread. E-mail
nisaacw@umich.edu.

But
try it.J
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The stakes have never been higher.
Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and Fourth Girl
(who IS that fourth girl) just want to go on spring break ("spraaaaaang
breaaaaaak"), but they have no drug money or booze money or scooter
money or bikini money :(. So, they pick up some hammers and squirt
guns and turn into robbers (not Selena though - she's innocent! She's
religious! Amen!). THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.
Picture this: A corn-rowed, grillz-studded James Franco tapping a
single key on his white piano, hands bloodied, cooing "I'm gonna kill
my beeeest friend." His BFF, for the record, is Gucci Mane.
Meanwhile: Boobs. Literally everywhere. The stakes, the stakes.
An extended criminal endeavor montage is scored - horribly, per-
fectly - by Britney Spears's "Everytime." You'll laugh; you'll cry; you
might see through time and space (I did all three).
What is "Spring Breakers" about? Nothing. And yet, everything.
Never before have I been so disturbed that my only reaction was to
laugh and laugh and laugh and drop all of my popcorn because. I. Can't.
Stop. Laughing. "Shhhh," say fellow moviegoers, who apparently are
takingthis all much more seriously than I am.
The longest threesome ever in the history of cinema happens. It's
more confusing than sexy (the film's logline).
For most of the movie, I'm torn between wanting to make a list of
every overtly male-gazey shot, wanting to leave the theater to go get
chicken tenders and wantingto take body shots off of Vanessa Hudgens.
Don't see this movie sober. You will hate yourself.
In the (probably paraphrased) words of T.M.: "I feel kind of down.
It's like real life isn't enough. I'm gonna go sleep on this."
- DAILY ARTS WRITER
"Spring Breakers" is the best movie I've seen in forever and I can't
feel my face. All of a sudden I understand Dubstep, and Rustie is better
than he's ever been. Slasherr. James Franco is Riff Raff, wearing silver
grillz. Aliens. So here's the deal ...
My two best friends arrived in Ann Arbor unexpectedly on Saturday.
I was supposed to see "Spring Breakers" then, but after six hours and
eight craft beers at Ashley's and two bottles of wine at a house party, I
didn't feel very up to the prospect of sitting in a theater. I skipped the
show. Sacrificed the later for the now. #SpringBreakBitches. Now it's
Monday night and I need to see this crazy movie drunk out of my mind.
I hope future employers don't read this.
Class gets out at 9:00. Two shots of Mango Burnett's, two of Sailor's,
Jameson and a Honey Wheat beer. Lez go. Hit the 9:45 show. Leather
flask of 100% Agave just for kicks. After all, it's spring break (right?).
No, it's Monday (night).
My D.D. hero Brian K. drives me to the theater (D.T. tags along -
after some shots of gin). In line at the theater, D.T. whispers, "Is that
Tim Hardaway behind us?" I turn around - HOLY SHIT IT IS. Be cool.
We want to whisper "Good luck against KU; kick that Whitney bro's
ass" but we restrain ourselves. Whitney is there as well. They are see-
ing some movie that starts with an "O. " Could it be "Olympus is Fall-
ing?" I don't know; I'm beyond reading things.
Neon tits everywhere. That's the plot summary of "Spring Break-
ers." Harmony has made something wonderfully dark, something that
is right next to and so far away from everything that is the American
Youth. Skrillex. Guns. Gucci Mane. Bikinis. I need to go to sleep. Hope-
fully I won't have glow-in-the-dark nightmares. #InMitchMcGaryWe-
Trust #BeatKU
- MATT EASTON
OK, so watching "Spring Breakers" while totally, stupidly sober goes
like this: It's like being part of a "Harlem Shake" video, only you're at
the way back, no one can see you and you sort of awkwardly stand there,
waving at the camera. And the whole time, the weird guy up front in a
neon bikini keeps seductively whispering "spring break forever, bitches."
The crisis started happening midway through the movie. Right about
when Faith finally leaves (let's face it, she wasn't ready for spring break
lyfe), I asked myself what I was watching ... and had no answers. There's
really no plot other than getting wasted, grinding on bitches, boobs, kill-
ing bitches, boobs - and while the girls took on their roles eagerly, I was
like, "Say 'spring break' again. Say it."
I want to love it. And a part of me does - the weird part that watches
hours of music videos on end. But this is not life. This is nothing like my
spring break! I don't even own a neon bikini - should I be allowed to
live? I'm so far away from the spring breakers that I felt uncool watching
it. I felt as if Faith's grandma came along on the trip, and that grandma
was me.
But, yes. OK. It's going to be one of those movies I download and watch
at midnight on a Wednesday, pretending I too can drive off in a Lambo
after killing a drug kingpin.
- ANNA SADOVSKAYA

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list of all the chemical ingre-
dients Panera uses to prepare
the bread that I found online,
I made it from-scratch (with-
out BHT, BHA and Yellow #5,
mind you). And it turned out
severely delicious, if I do say so
myself.
Warning: Making this bread
is an all-day affair. Buckle up,
kids.
PREPARATION:
Brioche
Ingredients:
-3/4 cup lukewarm water
-1 package rapid-rise yeast
"1 tablespoon kosher salt

Directions:
1. Combine the first seven
ingredients ina two-quart
saucepan over medium-low
heat.
2. Cook covered for 20 min-
utes or until the apples are
soft, stirring periodically.
3. Mix the cornstarch and
water in a small bowl or mea-
suring cup.
4. Add the cornstarch-water
mixture while stirring vigor-
ously.
5. When the sauce has suf-
ficiently thickened, remove it
from the heat.
6. Add the butter to gloss the
sauce. Stir until melted.

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