Zopf from Switzerland-Braid Bread

Ingredients

• Mix flour and salt in a bowl
• add yeast, sugar, butter and mile,
• knead to a soft dough (about 10 minutes)
• Cover and let double (about an hour)
• Cut dough in two or four pieces of the same size
• Weave
• with 4 braid: make pieces about 12"
• Put two ends together and two ends together
• Put the first roll on the left across the second roll on the right
• then, put the first roll on the right across the second roll on the left
• continue till end
• Let double again
• Before baking, brush with yolk
• Bake 45-55 min at 400 degrees

Details

Servings 2