Hefezopf Friedas Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 150 g butter or 2/3 cup butter
• 500 ml milk, scalded or 2 2/3 cups milk
• 100 g sugar or 2/3 cup sugar
• 42 g yeast or 2 (21 g) packages yeast
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 eggs
• 1 kg bread flour or 7 cups bread flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar crystals
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 add butter to scalded milk; add sugar; add yeast; beat together.
• 2 add juice of lemon and eggs; beat again.
• 3 add bread flour and salt; knead until smooth.
• 4 put in buttered bowl; cover with damp cloth; let rise until double; punch down.
• 5 on floured board, knead dough again.
• 6 now forming comes; one can twist the loaf from 3 strands or divide in half.
• 7 start in middle and braid out to both ends; braid tight.
• 8 lay it on a greased baking sheet.
• 9 cover with damp towel.
• 10 beat egg; brush loaf.
• 11 let rise again.
• 12 sprinkle with kosher salt, big sugar crystals, and flaked almonds.
• 13 let rise while oven preheats.
• 14 bake at about 45 minutes baking; if getting too brown lower heat to 350.
• 15 these are european baking temperatures so test the bread at 20 minutes.