Home Made Cheddar Cheese Bread Recipe

Pour 1/4 cup warm water into a small bowl; stir in yeast and sugar until dissolved.
Set aside until foamy, about 15 minutes.
Pour 2 cups warm water into a large bowl.
Stir in milk powder, oil and salt until milk powder dissolves.
Add yeast mixture and 3 cups all-purpose flour; beat until smooth.
Cover with a dry cloth.
Set aside 20 minutes.
Add bread flour or all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough pulls away from side of bowl.
Turn out on a lightly floured board.
Knead dough, adding flour as necessary, until smooth and elastic.
Clean and grease bowl.
Place dough in bowl, turning to grease all sides.
Cover with a dry cloth.
Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
Punch down dough by pushing your fist into center; pull edges of dough over center.
Turn out dough on a lightly floured surface.
Knead 5 times.
Divide dough in half.
Grease 2 (9" x 5 ") loaf pans.
Roll out each half of dough to a 15" x 12" rectangle.
Sprinkle 1-1/2 cups cheese over each rectangle.
Beginning at 12-inch side, roll up jelly-roll fashion.
With seam-side down, roll out to an 18" x 6" rectangle.
Cut dough lengthwise in 3 (2-inch-wide) strips.
Turn each strip, cut-side up.
Braid strips, keeping cut-sides up.
Place braid in greased pan, folding ends under.
Repeat with other rectangle.
Cover with a dry cloth.
Let rise until light, about 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
Bake until browned and loaves sound hollow when tapped with your fingers, 30 to 35 minutes.
Immediately remove from pans.
Cool on a rack.