page_title: Hefekranz
hierarchical_section_title: Hefekranz
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bayerischer Hefezopf aus fünf Strängen geflochten und mit Hagelzucker bestreut English: Bavarian Yeast Bread, braided with five strands
context_page_description: Hefekranz or Hefezopf are sweet breads from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and South Tyrol.
  The dough is made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs and yeast.
  Typically both Hefezopf and Hefekranz consist of three braided dough-pieces. While the Hefezopf is a loaf consisting only of a braid, the Hefekranz' braid is bent into a wreath.
  Two similar kinds of bread called vetekrans and vetelängd is common in Sweden. Vetelängd is shapewise very similar to the Hefezopf, whereas the Vetekrans two ends are joined, shaping the bread into an O-shape, prior to baking.
context_section_description: Hefekranz or Hefezopf (literally "yeast wreath" and "yeast braid") are sweet breads from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and South Tyrol.
  The dough is made from sugar, flour, butter, eggs and yeast (sometimes with raisins or almonds).
  Typically both Hefezopf and Hefekranz consist of three braided dough-pieces. While the Hefezopf ("Zopf" meaning braid) is a loaf consisting only of a braid, the Hefekranz' braid is bent into a wreath ("Kranz" meaning wreath).
  Two similar kinds of bread called vetekrans and vetelängd (literally "wheat wreath" and "wheat length" respectively) is common in Sweden. Vetelängd is shapewise very similar to the Hefezopf, whereas the Vetekrans two ends are joined, shaping the bread into an O-shape, prior to baking.
caption: A hefezopf loaf with five braids
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