1 c. butter or shortening
5 eggs (beaten)
1 c. sugar
1 c. cream
2 pkgs. yeast
1 c. scalded milk
2 tsp salt
Blend 2 cups flour with butter as for pie crust. Heat and cool milk. Add sugar, salt, yeast and cream. Add beaten eggs, then flour mixture. Beat well. Add rest of flour. Knead well and let rise about 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and rise again. Place on floured board, roll and cut into 9 strips. Braid together 4 longest strips in center, next 3 place on top of first braid, then braid next 2 and place on top of each other. Let rise. Bake on a cookie sheet at 300 for 1 1/2 hours. While warm, brush with egg diluted with 1 tablespoon milk and sprinkle with chopped nutmeats.
Mrs. Jim (Janis) Garboden
Our Swiss Pantry II
First Mennonite Church
1987
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