Zopf – Tresse

Switzerland’s most beloved bread is a plaited golden loaf called Zopf/Tresse/Treccia (“braid” in German/French/Italian). Many cultures have their own version of enriched braided bread, but the buttery version enjoyed in Switzerland today has its origins in Bern.

Bernese bakers began making Zopf (Züpfe in the Bernese dialect) in the late Middle Ages. By law, they could only produce it for the feast day of St. Thomas and for New Year’s Day, but in 1629 the bakers petitio