Grandma's Swiss New Year's Bread (Zuepfe) recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast 3 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C), divided 1 pint heavy cream 1 cup butter 6 eggs 3 tablespoons salt 8 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon water
Nutrition Info
- 466.5 caloriescarbohydrate: 49.2 gcholesterol: 151.2 mgfat: 25.3 gfiber: 2 gprotein: 10.4 gsaturatedFat: 14.9 gservingSize: -sodium: 1434.5 mgsugar: 0.4 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Grandma's Swiss New Year's Bread (Zuepfe)
Directions
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Pour yeast into 1 cup water and set aside.
Heat heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat until scalding, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter to melt, add remaining 2 cups warm water. Add eggs and salt, mix until all butter is melted. Pour in yeast mixture and stir.
Beat 4 cups flour into the cream mixture with an electric mixer until well combined, adding more flour as needed to make a very stiff dough.
Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface. Knead in about 4 more cups of flour until it is smooth, elastic, and no longer sticks. Turn into a large greased bowl and let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
Knead down and let rise again, about 30 minutes.
Divide dough into 6 long strands. Overlap 2 strands at a time into an upside-down \"U\" and braid. Place onto an ungreased baking sheet. Combine beaten egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl, brush loaf with wash. Let rise for about 20 minutes more.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating.