Zupse Bread Swiss Bread Food

GRANDMA'S SWISS NEW YEAR'S BREAD (ZUEPFE)

Steps:

• 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.

ZOPF - GREAT TASTING SWISS BREAD!

Steps:

• Put the flour into a bowl. If you are using a Kitchen Aid you can put it into that mixing bowl.
• Mix 2 teaspoons of salt with flour.
• Make an indentation into the middle of flour.
• Pour 1 dl milk into a cup (microwavable)
• Add 2 tsp sugar into the milk, stir well.
• Heat milk for 30 seconds in the microwave.
• Add 21 grams yeast into the milk and stir well.
• Pour yeast into the indentation in the flour.
• Let the yeast sit for 10 minutes.
• Cut butter into small pieces.
• Put pieces into a pan and melt on medium heat.
• Add 6 dl milk to the melted butter; make sure butter is lukewarm.
• Go back to your flour and yeast and now put the bowl into the mixer and mix on the lowest setting.
• Add the melted butter to the dough while mixing.
• Let mix for 10 minutes.
• Loosen the dough from the bowl and put a wet cloth over the dough. Make sure it is loose to allow room for rising.
• Let sit for one hour.
• Pre heat oven to 425(f).
• Separate dough into two pieces. Each piece will make a single loaf of bread.
• With one of the pieces, separate it into two sections and roll them out and a floured surface. You want to roll them so the middle is the thickest and the ends are slightly narrower.
• Fold dough --
• *start by putting one roll vertically and one on top of it horizontally.
• *fold top part down to bottom (left).
• *fold bottom part to top (right).
• *fold left part to right (top).
• *fold right part to left (bottom).
• *repeat- at end, join parts together.
• Separate an egg yolk from the egg white.
• Break the yolk and add a drop of half and half or heavy cream (optional).
• Use food brush to spread yolk on dough- avoid crevices.
• Put dough into oven with small bowl of water. Put dough on wax paper to prevent the bread from sticking.
• After 10 min., set temperature of oven down to 395(F) for 20 minute.
• Take out of oven. The bread is done.
• Let cool on a cooling rack and enjoy!

ZUPSE BREAD SWISS BREAD

Steps:

• Add the yeast to one cup of the scalded, cooled milk to proof.
• Mix the butter, sugar, salt and flour together.
• Beat the egg and add to the remaining milk.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the milk/egg mixture.
• Mix well; add milk/yeast mixture.
• Mix well.
• Turn out of bowl and knead until no longer sticky.
• Replace in bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled.
• Punch down and let rise again until doubled.
• While dough is rising for the second time, preheat oven to 375°F.
• Form into loaves on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for approximately 35 minutes or bread sounds hollow when thumped.
• During the last ten minutes of baking, brush with an egg wash for a dark golden crust.

CREAMY POTATO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your over to 300°F In a flat bottomed baking dish spread out the mashed potatoes to cover the bottom of the dish. Top these with the sour cream. Sprinkle over the crumbled bacon and the green onion, then top with the shredded Cheddar cheese. Bake for 30 minutes or so.

REUBEN SOUP

Steps:

• Mix the first five ingredients well in a large saucepan.
• Heat; when hot, add cheese gradually.
• Do not boil.
• Serve hot.

SWISS BEER BREAD

Steps:

• add ingredients, in this order to bread machine.
• cook on"basic" cycle.

SENSATIONAL SWISS BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in the warm water. Add milk, sugar, salt, butter, eggs, and half of the flour.
• Using an electric mixer, beat for 10 minutes. Add remaining flour; blend in with a wooden spoon (or use a dough hook) until dough is smooth and elastic.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for about 1 to 2 hours, or until doubled in bulk. Punch down. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
• Punch down dough; form a flattened ball. Knead in the cheese until pieces are well distributed throughout the dough. Shape into a round ball.
• Place in a buttered 8-inch pie plate. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375°. Bake for about 30 minutes, until nicely browned.
• Loaf should sound hollow when rapped on the bottom. Brush with a little melted butter while still hot. Remove from pie pan and cool on a rack.