Braided Spaghetti Bread

Carbs, Carbs, Carbs! YUM! I think everyone in my family knows how much I LOVE spaghetti. I would beg my mom to make it for me when I lived at home and when I went to see my sister (who is the best cook) that's what I wanted her to make me too!!! I could really eat it a couple times a week! So I saw a recipe on Pinterest for braided spaghetti bread and I thought YUMMMY and had to try it. All the recipes I saw I didn't really LOVE so I decided to just make up my own and you can do the same!!

Braided Spaghetti Bread

recipe by: Brooke Salcido

Cooked Spaghetti (however much you think your family will need & that will fit in the bread) I used about a handful of uncooked for just me and Chris.

Jar of Spaghetti Sauce- and you will need the WHOLE jar, even if you don't have a lot of spaghetti

Italian Spices

Mozzarella Cheese (optional)

Bread Dough- If you are crafty (Nicole) you can make your own yummy dough, you can really use any dough for this. I just used Pillsbury Pizza Crust dough, which made it taste more like a calzone (yum)

One egg whipped

Parmesan Cheese (optional)

Bread Crumbs (optional)

Directions: Cook the spaghetti and while you are cooking it spray your cookie sheet and lay down the dough on the cookie sheet. Spice up the dough with some yummy Italian spices (garlic powder, oregano, etc). When the spaghetti is done cooking put the sauce with it and mix it good- you will want A LOT of sauce, because when you cook it-it kind of dries out the sauce. Then spread the spaghetti in the middle of the dough, add the mozzarella cheese if you want it (I opted out) and braid the bread. See http://foursisterskitchens.blogspot.com/2012/01/chicken-and-broccoli-braid.html for how to do this. Then brush some egg on the top and season it some more. I put the really fine Parmesan cheese on top, bread crumbs, garlic salt, etc (you can really get creative) Cook the bread on 425 for 12-15 minutes.