Jutta likes braided breads very much, just like me. And when she blogged her 12-stranded Braid I knew immediately that I had to bake such a braid, too. I bake already some braids in the last years, braids made with one Strand, two, three, four, six or even with eight strands. So it was time to increase the difficulty level!
I watched the Videos Jutta linked and realized that it was not as difficult as I feared. The braiding needs just a lot of concentration.
And so I braided bread on Sunday morning, doing three smaller braids at once. After I finished the first, braiding the remaining two was not so hard to do. Making 36 small strands for three braids was much more annoying.
Sometimes I wonder how it could happen that I forget for more than four years to blog about a favourite cake recipe, like it happen for the “Goldknödel” recipe. And it is not only my favourite recipe, it is a family favourite. A cake, that someone in my extended family will bring for each party. And everyone wants to have his/her share of this cake. A simple but well loved cake.
During Christmastime I always have a wide variety of baking ingredients in my storage cupboard. And so every January I have to face the fact that I have a lot of leftovers which have to be used in the next time. A good example is the Marzipan I had left from baking 
When I tidied my storage cupboard some days ago, I found a bag with oat bran, something I bought a while ago for baking. But then it disappeared behind some flour bags and I forgot about it. Out of sight, out of mind! But after I rediscovered them I wanted to use them as soon as possible. And so I thought about a recipe for our Sunday morning rolls which includes some oat bran.