Swiss Butter Bread Braid

For the full experience, make this recipe with the Drop Recipes app.

recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    2
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1261

Beautiful soft yeasted bread, pass the butter please! Slightly sweet, but makes the most awesome toast when no longer fresh and hot from the oven.

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/swiss-butter-bread-braid

recipe updated 24 Sep 2021

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    50 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    300 g
  • Bread flour icon
    Bread flour
    500 g
  • Fresh yeast icon
    Fresh yeast
    30 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    2 teaspoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    1 teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Pastry brush
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Add butter and milk to the TM5 bowl
  2. Heat - approx 2 min, 49°C, speed 2
  3. Then add bread flour, fresh yeast, sugar and salt to the TM5 bowl
  4. Blend - approx 10 sec, speed 6
  5. Knead - approx 3 min, dough
  6. Transfer content of TM5 bowl to work surface
  7. Wrap loosely with plastic wrap
  8. Let rest onto work surface until doubled
  9. Pre-heat oven - 221°C
  10. Divide into halves with dough scraper
  11. Roll
  12. Twist
  13. Prove until doubled
  14. Add egg and milk to a clean small bowl
  15. Beat until combined
  16. Brush
  17. Prove dough slightly
  18. Bake until light golden - 12 min, 221°C
  19. Let cool completely
Open in app

Download the free Drop Recipes app to follow this recipe step by step in your kitchen.

Find out more Open in app