Breads & Pastry

Pletenka (Braid)

DifficultyMedium

Method

  1. Dissolve the yeast with 1 teaspoon of sugar and flour.

  2. Add the 200g fat and lukewarm water and knead into a soft dough with about 600g flour.

  3. Roll the dough out well and spread it with the 250g margarine, the way you would for a zelnik (pie).

  4. Shape into two rolls and leave [?] to rise.

  5. [?] roll them out and brush the top with egg.

  6. Bake in the oven.