Hefezopf Friedas Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

150 g butter or 2/3 cup butter
500 ml milk, scalded or 2 2/3 cups milk
100 g sugar or 2/3 cup sugar
2 g yeast or (21 g) packages yeast
1 lemon, juice of
2 eggs
1 kg bread flour or 7 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar crystals
2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Preparation

Add butter to scalded milk; add sugar; add yeast; beat together.
Add juice of lemon and eggs; beat again.
Add bread flour and salt; knead until smooth.
Put in buttered bowl; cover with damp cloth; let rise until double; punch down.
On floured board, knead dough again.
Now forming comes; one can twist the loaf from 3 strands or divide in half.
Start in middle and braid out to both ends; braid tight.
Lay it on a greased baking sheet.
Cover with damp towel.
Beat egg; brush loaf.
Let rise again.
Sprinkle with kosher salt, big sugar crystals, and flaked almonds.
Let rise while oven preheats.
Bake at about 45 minutes baking; if getting too brown lower heat to 350.
These are European baking temperatures so test the bread at 20 minutes.