Artichoke Braided Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts packed in oil, drained
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 envelope active dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup warm water
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 large egg, beaten

Preparation

Finely chop artichoke hearts.
Add garlic, 1/4 tsp salt, pepper, olive oil& mix; set aside.
Add artichoke mix, rest of salt and flour to bread machine and mix until it has gone through the rising process, do not bake in bread machine.
Once dough is ready, remove from bread machine onto a floured cutting board or wherever you want to work with the dough.
Split dough into four sections.
Roll two balls into two narrow log shapes, at one end pinch together and braid.
Complete the same step with other two logs.
Tuck the pinched ends under the braided bread.
Place the braids on baking sheet/s, with a brush, brush the beaten egg evenly over breads and bake in a 350 oven until lightly brown, about 30 mins.