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🍽️ Colorful Nut Yeast Braided Bread

485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 8 eggs (and green Easter egg coloring)
• 0.5 tsp oil
• 500 g flour
• 1 cube yeast
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g butter
• 1 untreated orange
• 1 tsp anise powder
• 100 g chopped pistachio kernels
• 200 g chopped nuts
• 1 egg yolk
• 20 g sesame seeds

Instructions

1. 1. Boil the five eggs in boiling water for five minutes.
2. 2. Let the eggs cool down and color them as you like.
3. 3. Lightly rub the colored eggs with a little oil so the color adheres better.
4. 4. Sift the flour into a large bowl.
5. 5. Make a well in the center of the flour.
6. 6. Mix the yeast with six tablespoons of lukewarm water.
7. 7. Pour the yeast mixture into the well.
8. 8. Lightly dust the surface with flour.
9. 9. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm place for thirty minutes.
10. 10. Warm the butter slightly.
11. 11. Add the warm butter, sugar, and three eggs to the pre-dough.
12. 12. Knead the ingredients vigorously until you have a smooth dough.
13. 13. Grate the orange peel finely.
14. 14. Knead the orange peel and anise powder into the dough.
15. 15. Shape the dough into a ball.
16. 16. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for one hour.
17. 17. Grease a baking sheet with some fat.
18. 18. Work the dough briefly on a floured surface.
19. 19. Take one third of the dough off.
20. 20. Divide the remaining dough into two equal parts.
21. 21. Shape each of the three dough portions into a fifty-centimeter-long strand.
22. 22. Roll out the three strands into ten-centimeter-wide rectangles.
23. 23. Top the rectangles with nuts and pistachios.
24. 24. Leave a small border of dough free.
25. 25. Roll up the dough surfaces starting from the long sides.
26. 26. Braid the three rolls together into a plait.
27. 27. Place the plait on the prepared baking sheet.
28. 28. Divide the remaining dough into two strands.
29. 29. Shape these strands to the length of the main loaf.
30. 30. Wrap the two strands around each other.
31. 31. Press the wrapped strands against the sides of the plait.
32. 32. Whisk the egg yolk with one tablespoon of water.
33. 33. Brush the plait with the egg yolk mixture.
34. 34. Sprinkle the plait with sesame seeds.
35. 35. Let the plait rest for fifteen minutes.
36. 36. Press five indentations into the center of the plait.
37. 37. Place the colored eggs into the indentations.
38. 38. Preheat the oven to one hundred eighty degrees.
39. 39. Bake the plait in the oven for thirty-five minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 485
• Protein: 13 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 58 g