Zopf Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes. Add the egg yolk, butter and 2 cups of bread flour; stir well to combine. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into a 14 inch long cylinder. Braid the pieces together and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, beat together egg white and water. Brush risen loaf with egg wash and bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25, until golden.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk.
• Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• Add the egg yolk, butter and 2 cups of bread flour; stirring well to combine.
• Next, stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, for 7 - 8 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into a 14 inch long cylinder.
• Braid the pieces together and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Lastly In a small bowl, beat together the egg white and water.
• Brush the risen loaf with the egg wash and bake for 20 to 25, until golden.

Steps:

• Mix together all ingredients except egg yolk to make a soft dough. Knead 10 minutes or so.
• Divide into 4 and make long sausages with the dough.
• Form the sausages into 2 square crosses.
• Plait each cross, using a 4 strand plait, so that you end up with two loaves of plaited bread.
• Put in the fridge until ready to bake- overnight, for example.
• Paint the loaves with a little of the egg yolk.
• 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.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk.
• Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes. Add the egg yolk, butter and 2 cups of bread flour; stir well to combine.
• Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
• When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into a 14 inch long cylinder.
• Braid the pieces together and place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, beat together egg white and water.
• Brush risen loaf with egg wash.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25, until golden.