Danish Bonfire Bread
Simple and easy recipe for traditional Danish bonfire bread also known as Twisted bread (Snobrød). This bread is a perfect way of creating some Nordic hygge when sitting around the bonfire in the forest or garden.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 3 dl water
- 25 g fresh yeast (or similar dry yeast)
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 500 g all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the water and dissolve the fresh yeast in it. If using dry yeast, add this together with the flour in step 2.
- Add the all-purpose flour, salt and sugar. Knead everything into a smooth dough. Add more flour if needed.
- Let the dough rise for minimum 30-45 minutes.
- Now roll large and thin bread ‘sausages’ and twist them around long wood sticks you have cut from trees.
- Finally bake the bread over a bonfire. You get the best twisted bread by baking them over hot embers.