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Dough

500 g	zopf flour
1 tsp	salt
60 g	sugar
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled
150 g	butter, soft
1	egg, beaten
1 ½ dl	milk
½ dl	cream

To shape

1	egg, beaten
2 tbsp	decorating sugar

How it's done

Dough

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Add the butter, egg, milk and cream, mix and knead to form a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1½ hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into a strand 60 cm long, join the ends to make a wreath. Place the brioche wreath on a baking tray lined with baking paper, cover and leave to rise again for 30 mins. Glaze the brioche wreath with egg, sprinkle with sugar crystals.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool on a rack.

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