German sweet bread

Want to make a beautiful Hefezopf? This German Sweet Bread is perfectly braided, lightly sweet, and topped with crispy almonds or sugar!

I make this challah for my family and family gatherings in Colorado, and it turns out beautifully each time. I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does! If you'd like, sprinkle poppy or sesame seeds before baking, but I never do. Videos for instructions on how to braid a six-strand challah can be found by entering "braiding a 6-strand challah" into the Search box at http://www.youtube.com (I originally saw the one by MayaSophia, on her blog). I always braid mine with the six-strand method…

Try these German breads for a festive start to your meal! From friendship bread to pretzels to sweet bread, take a virtual trip to Germany in your own kitchen.

Here's an easy German Sweet Roll recipe that's great for Easter and other holidays as well. It also makes a great fruit loaf.

Learn how to make these easy-to-follow German bread rolls, also known as Brötchen, like those from a German bakery. Brötchen, which can also be written as Broetchen (which literally means "little bread") are fluffy, delicious and easy to make German bread rolls made with a few simple ingredients such as bread flour, yeast, salt, sugar and water, that are very popular in Germany.

Looking for the perfect German Franzbrötchen recipe? This delicious cinnamon roll-style baked good is packed with delicious cinnamon & sugar!

This sweet buttery bread is a delicious German Christmas tradition! You can make this with or without marzipan.

This German strudel recipe is straight from Germany and always was served for the holidays at breakfast!

Not too sweet but full of holiday flavors, these delicious German Lebkuchen are similar to gingerbread. You can make this recipe very quickly in a baking dish.

A classic recipe for German Butterkuchen. A yeast cake with a fluffy consistency and a moist buttery teture. This cake taste just as good as you can get from a baker in Germany.