Mix flour, salt, vanillin sugar and sugar in a large bowl. Add the egg, egg yolk and butter in flakes. Warm 375 g milk lukewarm, crumble yeast into it and dissolve it while stirring. Pour onto the flour mixture and knead with the dough hooks of the hand mixer for 4-5 minutes to a smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes
Finely grind the pistachios in a universal chopper. Finely chop the cranberries. Knead the yeast dough again briefly and divide into three. Knead one third of the dough with 50 g pistachios, one third with 25 g poppy seeds and the last third with 50 g cranberries. Cut each dough into thirds again
Form each piece of dough into 45-50 cm long rolls with your hands on a lightly floured work surface. Make a plait from 3 different strands of dough. Place the braids next to each other on a baking tray lined with baking paper (approx. 32 x 39 cm). Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 20-30 minutes
Whisk the egg yolk and 2 tablespoons of milk. Brush the braids with the mixture and bake in the preheated oven, 2nd shelf from below (electric oven: 200 °C/ circulating air: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 30 minutes. If necessary, cover with aluminium foil at the end of the baking time
Warm the jam. Remove the finished yeast plaits from the oven, place them on a cake rack with the baking tray and immediately spread with jam. Leave to cool for 2-3 hours. Decorate the plaits with the remaining pistachios, poppy seeds and cranberries. Serve the plait lukewarm. Serve with butter and apricot jam
waiting time approx. 3-4 hours