Ham and Swiss Loaf
    4 cups all-purpose flour
    2 tablespoons sugar
  1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
    1 cup water
  1/4 cup mustard
    2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups chopped ham (8 ounces)
    1 cup shredded Swiss cheese (4 ounces)
  1/2 cup chopped dill pickle
    1 egg, beaten
Set aside 1 cup flour.  Mix remaining flour, sugar, salt and yeast.  Heat water, mustard and butter to 125 °F to 130 °F;  stir into flour mixture.  Mix in enough reserved flour to make soft dough.  Knead 4 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top.  Cover; let rise in warm place until light and double, about 1 hour.
 Punch down dough.  On greased baking sheet, roll dough to 14 x 12-inches.  Sprinkle ham, cheese and pickle down center third of dough length.  Make cuts from filling to dough edges at 1-inch intervals along sides of filling.  Bring strips from opposite sides of filling together;  twist and place ends at an angle across filling. Cover;  let rise in warm place until double, about 30 to 45 minutes.  Brush loaf with egg.  Bake at 375 °F. for 30 to 40 minutes.  Serve warm.  Refrigerate leftovers;  reheat to serve.
Yield: 1 loaf