Dragontail

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1/4 cup warm milk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter, cut
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour, plus
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 1 cooked sausage (6-7 inchs long)

Recipe

• 1 oil a bowl and a bread loaf pan.
• 2 in a small bowl combine yeast, milk, sugar, and 2 teaspoons flour and let proof until foamy (about 10 minutes).
• 3 in a larger bowl, combine 2 cups flour and salt and cut in butter with a fork or pastry knife.
• 4 add eggs and the yeast mixture and continue combining until dough forms a ball.
• 5 knead until smooth and elastic and dough cleans itself from the bowl.
• 6 transfer dough to the oiled bowl and let rise until doubled in size.
• 7 punch dough down onto a lightly floured board.
• 8 pat out the dough so it forms a rectangle a little larger than the loaf pan.
• 9 slice the ends off the cooked sausage and place the endless sausage in the center of the dough.
• 10 fold the dough over, tucking in the ends so the sausage is completely sealed in the dough.
• 11 transfer sausage dough to loaf pan, seam side down.
• 12 let rise.
• 13 bake for about 35 minutes (or until golden brown, and loaf sounds hollow when tapped with a finger) at 400°f.