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Butter braid Swiss grandmother style

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 1 kg wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 180 g butter
  • 6 dl milk
  • 1 cube of yeast (42 g)
  • 2 egg yolks

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 50 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 5 minutes

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Combine flour and salt in a bowl and mix lightly. Make a well with your hand and add the room-temperature melted butter, 50 ml milk, and 10 ml milk with dissolved yeast. The milk should also be room temperature. Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for one hour. Form the dough into three strands and braid them into a beautiful plait. Then brush the plait with enough egg yolk to give it a wonderful brown color after baking. Bake in the lower part of an oven preheated to 200°C for 45-55 minutes. Baking time may vary depending on the oven.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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