Braided Spaghetti Bread

Last night's dinner was this braided spaghetti bread :)  I'm not sure this was any easier then just making spaghetti and french bread seperatly and took longer, but Katie got a kick out of the bread, and when it is dinner time, sometimes pleasing a 2 year old is worth a little extra effort.  Plus it looked impressive if you were having kiddos over for company at dinnertime. 

What you need:

- Spaghetti (we used less than half a pack)
- Spaghetti Sauce (by all means, make your own if you want- at 8 1/2 months pregnant, Preggo is good enough for me)
- Italian Sausage or whatever meat you like
- Refrigerated bread dough- we used 2 Pillsbury french brad loaves.  (again you could make this)
- Mozzarella Cheese and Parmesan 
- Egg
- Garlic Salt
- Olives, Mushrooms, Peppers (all optional)

What to do:

Cook spaghetti, add cooked sausage, sauce and any other things you like in your spaghetti.  Roll out the dough.  Plop spaghetti on top. Put chunks of mozzarella on top. Cut slits in your dough and braid them together.  It doesn't have to look perfect.  Brush some egg on top and sprinkle on some garlic salt and Parmesan cheese.  Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes (or what your bread dough calls for)

Adding some extra cheese

Ready to braid the dough

Katie loved helping with this meal

Then brushing the egg on top

being silly while it bakes

looks good enough to eat.