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🍽️ Sweet Yeast Dough Bunnies

277 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 ml milk (1.5% fat)
• 375 g flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 packet dry yeast
• 60 g sugar (3 tbsp)
• 1 egg
• 75 g butter (room temperature)
• 1 egg yolk
• 50 g chopped almond kernels (4 tbsp)
• 10 dried cranberries

Instructions

1. 1. Gently warm the milk in a small saucepan.
2. 2. Mix flour, salt, yeast, and sugar in a mixing bowl.
3. 3. Add one egg, the lukewarm milk, and the butter to the bowl.
4. 4. Knead the ingredients into a smooth dough using the dough hooks of a hand mixer.
5. 5. Lightly dust the work surface with flour.
6. 6. Place the dough on the surface and knead it vigorously by hand.
7. 7. Shape the dough into a ball.
8. 8. Place the dough ball back into the bowl.
9. 9. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel.
10. 10. Let the dough rise in a warm place for about 40 minutes.
11. 11. Check if the dough volume has approximately doubled.
12. 12. Lightly dust the work surface with flour again.
13. 13. Knead the dough briefly.
14. 14. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm.
15. 15. Cut out 10 bunny shapes using a cutter (14x10 cm).
16. 16. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
17. 17. Place the dough bunnies onto the sheets using a spatula.
18. 18. Separate the remaining egg into yolk and white.
19. 19. Whisk the egg yolk with a little milk.
20. 20. Brush the bunnies with the egg yolk and milk mixture.
21. 21. Sprinkle the bunnies with almonds.
22. 22. Press cranberries into the bunnies to form eyes.
23. 23. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (convection 160 °C, gas mark 2-3).
24. 24. Bake the bunnies one after another on the middle rack.
25. 25. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
26. 26. Let the finished bunnies cool down on a wire rack.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 277
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 36 g