Kugelhof

I made a Kugelhof.  Kugelhof is on the 1000 Foods to Eat Before you Die and I have had my share of them before but I wanted to bake one myself.  I used the Epicurious recipe for it.  The Kugelhof is a yeast bread-sort of a cross between a raisin toast and a sweet bread that is from the Alsace region of Germany/France.  I lived in Freiburg and lived just a few minutes from the French border. 

Kugelhof was a pretty big staple in the households where I lived.  It is a simple bread to make and makes great toast.  It has it’s own distinctive pan but can be made in a Bundt pan for those who just don’t have a Kugelhof pan.  I have made a similar yeast bread before as part of this (Buccellato) which we all agree we liked better than the Kugelhof.