for 1 bread

Dough

500 g	zopf flour
1 ½ tsp	salt
2 tsp	sugar
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled
3 dl	milk
100 g	butter, cut into pieces, soft

Pretzel crust

¾ dl	water, boiling
3 tsp	sodium bicarbonate
½ tsp	sea salt

To bake

2 tbsp

coffee cream

How it's done

Dough

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Pour in the milk, knead for approx. 10 mins. using the dough hook on a food processor. Gradually add the butter, knead to form a soft, smooth dough, cover and leave to rise for approx. 2 hrs. until doubled in size.

Braided loaf

Divide the dough into 8 portions, shape each portion into a roll approx. 40 cm long, braid into a loaf. Cover and leave to rise for a further 20 mins.

Pretzel crust

Mix the boiling water and baking soda until the baking soda has completely dissolved. Brush the bread with the soda water, season with salt.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 200°C. Remove from the oven, brush with coffee cream, allow to cool on a rack.

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