Karlsbad Bread

Name: Karlsbad Bread
Ingredients: 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

9 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

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.