Hefezopf Friedas Bread

• 150 g butter or 2/3 cup butter
• 500 ml milk, scalded or 2 2/3 cups milk
• 100 g sugar or 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 g yeast or (21 g) packages yeast
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 eggs
• 1 kg bread flour or 7 cups bread flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar crystals
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds

1. Add butter to scalded milk; add sugar; add yeast; beat together.
2. Add juice of lemon and eggs; beat again.
3. Add bread flour and salt; knead until smooth.
4. Put in buttered bowl; cover with damp cloth; let rise until double; punch down.
5. On floured board, knead dough again.
6. Now forming comes; one can twist the loaf from 3 strands or divide in half.
7. Start in middle and braid out to both ends; braid tight.
8. Lay it on a greased baking sheet.
9. Cover with damp towel.
10. Beat egg; brush loaf.
11. Let rise again.
12. Sprinkle with kosher salt, big sugar crystals, and flaked almonds.
13. Let rise while oven preheats.
14. Bake at about 45 minutes baking; if getting too brown lower heat to 350.
15. These are European baking temperatures so test the bread at 20 minutes.

butter, sugar, yeast, lemon, eggs, bread flour, salt, egg, sugar crystals, almonds

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hefezopf-friedas-bread-425265 (may not work)