Zopf (Traditional Swiss Plaited Breakfast Bread) Recipe

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Zopf (Traditional Swiss Plaited Breakfast Bread)
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Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 30 g yeast (or a 1/4 oz p a cket)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 650 -700 ml milk
  • 1 egg yolk , thinned with

Directions:

  1. Mix together all ingredients except egg yolk to make a soft dough. Knead 10 minutes or so.
  2. Divide into 4 and make long sausages with the dough.
  3. Form the sausages into 2 square crosses.
  4. Plait each cross, using a 4 strand plait, so that you end up with two loaves of plaited bread.
  5. Put in the fridge until ready to bake- overnight, for example.
  6. Paint the loaves with a little of the egg yolk.
  7. 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.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1320.86 Kcal (5530 kJ)
Calories from fat 530.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 58.99g 91%
Cholesterol 111.6mg 37%
Sodium 5583.75mg 233%
Potassium 763.19mg 16%
Total Carbs 169.85g 57%
Sugars 10.85g 43%
Dietary Fiber 18.03g 72%
Protein 28.79g 58%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 10.5mg 58%
Calcium 700.5mg 70%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 274.61 Kcal (1150 kJ)
Calories from fat 110.37 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.26g 91%
Cholesterol 23.2mg 37%
Sodium 1160.86mg 233%
Potassium 158.67mg 16%
Total Carbs 35.31g 57%
Sugars 2.26g 43%
Dietary Fiber 3.75g 72%
Protein 5.98g 58%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 2.2mg 58%
Calcium 145.6mg 70%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.5
    Points
  • 35
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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