Karlsbad Bread

• 1 23 cups milk, room temperature or 400 ml milk
• 7 ounces wheat sourdough starter or 200 g wheat sourdough starter
• 9 cups all-purpose flour or 1 kg all-purpose flour
• 3 12 tablespoons fresh yeast or 30 g fresh yeast
• 1 cup butter or 250 g butter
• 1 cup sugar or 200 g sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 12 tablespoon salt or 10 g salt
• 1 egg, for brushing

1. Mix 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) of the milk with the sourdough, half of the flour and the yeast.
2. Let rise for about 1 hour.
3. Melt the butter and let it cool.
4. Mix all the ingredients, except the whole egg, with the dougth.
5. Knead until the dough is smooth.
6. Shape the dough into 30 or so plain buns or crescents and place them on a greased baking sheet.
7. Cover and let rise until the buns have doubled.
8. Brush the buns with the beaten egg and bake at 400 deg F (210 deg C) for 10 minutes.

milk, starter, flour, fresh yeast, butter, sugar, egg yolks, salt, egg

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/karlsbad-bread-516249 (may not work)