Grittibird

Name: Grittibird
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 500 g Flour; 1 pinch Salt; 2 Eggs (size M); 100 g Marzipan raw mass; 50 g Sugar; 50 g Butter or margarine; 1/4 l Milk; 30 g fresh yeast; 1 TEASPOON Cream; 6 Raisins; 3 brown almonds; 15 Hazelnut kernels; 5 g peeled pumpkin seeds; 1-2 TABLESPOONS Sunflower seeds; baking paper

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
45 mins

TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1

500 g Flour
1 pinch Salt
2 Eggs (size M)
100 g Marzipan raw mass
50 g Sugar
50 g Butter or margarine
1/4 l Milk
30 g fresh yeast
1 TEASPOON Cream
6 Raisins
3 brown almonds
15 Hazelnut kernels
5 g peeled pumpkin seeds
1-2 TABLESPOONS Sunflower seeds
baking paper

Directions

1
Put the flour in a bowl. Make a depression in the middle, add salt and 1 egg. Finely dice the marzipan and add 40 g sugar. Melt the fat in a saucepan and add milk.
2
Mix yeast and remaining sugar and add to the flour with the lukewarm milk mixture. Knead with the dough hooks of the hand mixer to a smooth yeast dough. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes.
3
Knead again and form about 2/3 of the dough into a thick roll. Cut half of the roll lengthwise for the legs. Form head, arms, hat, scarf and belt from the remaining dough. Separate the rest of the egg.
4
Brush the attachment points with egg white and stick the parts to the body. Put them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Mix egg yolk and cream and brush the man with it. Decorate with raisins, almonds, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.
5
Cover and leave to rise again for about 10 minutes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 200 °C / gas: level 3) for approx. 25 minutes.