Zopf Recipe
Recipe for Swiss Zopf Ingredients.
Zopf recipe. Put your Zopf in the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until its golden brown. Add the butter and the milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix until combined. Warm the milk so it is lukewarm.
I may have gotten it a bit wrong. Add the soft butter cut into pieces into the middle of this mixture. Mix flour and salt in a bowl add yeast sugar butter and milk knead to a soft dough.
In a large bowl mix together the flour and salt. Stir and let it stand for 15min until dissolved 2. Preheat the oven to 180C 360F.
Add the yeast and the sugar to the large bowl and whisk to combine. Cover and let grow for about one hour until size has doubled. Steps to prepare Zopf or Züpfe braided bread In a large mixing bowl add lukewarm milk sugar and sprinkle a package of active dry yeast into it.
The Hefezopf and Hefekranz tradition of braiding goes back many years. Make a well and add the egg and the yeast mixture. Add the yeast and the sugar to the warmed milk.
The recipe is simple but I have seen recipes where all kinds of fruit is added to the bread. Big thanks to Sarah for sharing her Swiss Zopf recipe and photography with us. And knead until smooth and elastic 6.