Carmen is a superstar woman. Last night she fully replicated my mom's family recipe for Zupfa ("zootfa"). In fact, I took a hot loaf over to my mom's cousin Steve Glauser (mom's maiden name) while Carmen stayed home with the girls. Steve and family just pulled the bread apart on the spot and enjoyed it as they watched that goofy guy from Utah win on Survivor. At one point Steve's daughter Heather said, "Carmen is an amazing homemaker...which is ironic because she's a liberal."
This bread is great hot out of the oven, or toasted with a protein powder and flax seed shake in the morning.
Zupfa Bread
3/4 C Butter
2 C Milk (melt butter w/ milk on low in the microwave)
1 TBS Salt
3/4 C Sugar
5 eggs hand whipped
3 TBS yeast in 1 C warm water (an additional 3TBS of the sugar in)
11 C (approx) White Flour (untill dough becomes sticky and satiny)
Raise covered, punch down and divide into 6 equal balls
Divide each ball into 4 equal parts, roll into strands and braid left to right (over under over under), repeat. Let raise until size doubles.
Bake @ 350F for 25 mins
Confused? Call Carmen or my Mom and they'll walk you through it the first time.
2 comments:
Looks to pretty to eat! Yea...I watched the goofy Utah guy win survivor, too. I had to laugh at the comment about Carmen, too funny!
Thanks for the recipe! There's a reason we call her Carmommy!
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