Zopf (Traditional Swiss Plaited Breakfast Bread)

Zopf (Traditional Swiss Plaited Breakfast Bread)


1. Mix together all ingredients except egg yolk to make a soft dough. Knead 10 minutes or so.

2. Divide into 4 and make long sausages with the dough.

3. Form the sausages into 2 square crosses.

4. Plait each cross, using a 4 strand plait, so that you end up with two loaves of plaited bread.

5. Put in the fridge until ready to bake- overnight, for example.

6. Paint the loaves with a little of the egg yolk.

7. Place a water bath under the oven shelf. Bake in the bottom half of a 220 degree Celcius preheated oven for 10 minutes, then turn the temperature down and bake at 200 degrees for 40 minutes.

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