Hefezopf(Yeast Flat Bread) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

500 grams flour (1 lb.)
25 grams yeast (3 pkg.)
1/4 liter milk (1 c.)
50 gr. butter (3 Tbsp.)
50 gr. sugar (1 1/2 oz.)
1 egg
pinch of salt

Preparation

Make a sweet leavened dough out of ingredients.
Form 3 strips (divide dough into thirds) and make a plait out of strings (braid dough).
Make a mixture of a little milk and one yolk.
Paint the dough with it and then decorate with almond splinters, fruit or something similar.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.