Plaited bread

500 g wheat and spelt flour or white flour

2 tsp sugar

1½ tsp salt

½ yeast cube (about 20 g)

crumbled

300 ml milk

1 egg

50 g butter

chopped into cubes

1 egg

beaten

Mix the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Mix in the yeast. Pour in the milk, add the egg and butter, then knead into a soft, smooth dough. Cover the dough and leave to rise at room temperature for about 1½ hours until double in size.

Cut the dough in half and roll into two strands of equal length and thicker in the middle. Place the strands crosswise one over the other and form a plait. Place the plaited bread on a lined baking tray, brush with a little egg and leave to rise for about another 30 minutes. Preheat the cooking space to 180 °C using the hot air humid mode. Brush the plaited bread with a little egg one more time, put the tray into the preheated cooking space and bake for about 30 minutes.

(Pre-)heat cooking space to 180 °C with Hot air humid

Put the pastry in

Hot air humid 180 °C for 30 Mins