Karlsbad Bread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups milk, room temperature or 400 ml milk
• 7 ounces wheat sourdough starter or 200 g wheat sourdough starter
• 9 cups all-purpose flour or 1 kg all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 tablespoons fresh yeast or 30 g fresh yeast
• 1 cup butter or 250 g butter
• 1 cup sugar or 200 g sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 tablespoon salt or 10 g salt
• 1 egg, for brushing

Recipe

• 1 mix 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) of the milk with the sourdough, half of the flour and the yeast. let rise for about 1 hour.
• 2 melt the butter and let it cool.
• 3 mix all the ingredients, except the whole egg, with the dougth. knead until the dough is smooth.
• 4 shape the dough into 30 or so plain buns or crescents and place them on a greased baking sheet. cover and let rise until the buns have doubled.
• 5 brush the buns with the beaten egg and bake at 400 deg f (210 deg c) for 10 minutes.