Yeast wreath with dried fruits and Easter eggs

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 15
  • 150 g mixed dried fruit (e.g. dates, figs, raisins, apricots)
  • 80 g soft butter or margarine
  • 200 ml Milk
  • 1 cube (42 g) Yeast
  • 500 g Flour
  • 60 g Sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 Eggs (size M)
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut the fruit into small cubes. Melt the fat. Warm milk lukewarm. Crumble and dissolve yeast. Put flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add melted fat, eggs, dried fruit and yeast milk and knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Cover and allow to rise for about 45 minutes.

  2. 2

    Cut the dough in half and form into strands of approx. 60 cm each with floured hands on a floured work surface. Weave the strands into a braid and lay them on a baking tray lined with baking paper to form a wreath. Whisk the egg yolk and cream and brush the wreath with it. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 30-40 minutes. Let them cool down. Dust with icing sugar. If necessary, arrange on a plate in the middle with coloured Easter eggs

  3. 3

    Z 2 hours waiting time

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
230 kcal
CARBS
34 g
FATS
7 g
PROTEINS
6 g