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Braided Yeast Bread (Hefezopf) in the Thermomix®

Name: Braided Yeast Bread (Hefezopf) in the Thermomix®
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 50 g butter; 300 g milk; 1/2 cube yeast; 40 g sugar; 550 g flour, Type 550; 1 tsp salt; 1 egg

Shared by CookAdapt · written for Thermomix

Your Thermomix does 9 of 139 min for you

⁦20 min⁩Prep

⁦40 min⁩Cook

16Servings

Per serving · estimated

173 kcal5 g Protein30 g Carbs4 g Fat

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Servings

Ingredients

Instructions

Thermomix · 2Warm the milk · Knead the dough

By hand · 7Let the dough rise · Prepare the baking tray · Divide the dough · Roll out the strands +3

Oven or hob · 25 minPreheat the oven · Bake the braid

Warm the milk

Add 50 g butter, 300 g milk, 1/2 cube yeast and 40 g sugar to the mixing bowl and warm for 4 min / 37°C / speed 2.

CookTime04:00Temp.37°Speed2

Knead the dough

Add 550 g flour Type 550 and 1 tsp salt to the mixing bowl and knead for 5 min / speed 4 (kneading speed) to a smooth dough.

KneadTime05:00Temp.37°Speed4

Let the dough rise

Remove the dough from the mixing bowl, cover with a dampened kitchen towel and let rise for about 1 hour at room temperature.

By hand

60 min

Prepare the baking tray

In the meantime, place baking paper on the baking tray and dust the work surface with flour.

By hand

Divide the dough

Divide the dough into three equal pieces.

By hand

Roll out the strands

Roll the three pieces into strands about 40 cm long.

By hand

Braid the loaf

Join the strands together at one end and braid very loosely. Press the ends together firmly.

By hand

Let the braid rise

Place the braid on the baking tray and let rise, covered, for another 45 minutes.

By hand

45 min

Preheat the oven

In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180°C.

Stove or oven

180°C

Brush the braid

Whisk 1 egg and brush it evenly over the braid.

By hand

Bake the braid

Bake the braid on the middle rack at 180°C for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Stove or oven

180°C · 25 min

Step 1, as written for the Thermomix

CookTime04:00Temp.37°Speed2

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