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🍽️ Fluffy Easter Bunnies Made from Yeast Dough

367 kcal · 120 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Add the yeast to a large bowl with warm milk and stir until it has dissolved.
  2. 2. Add sugar, butter, an egg, sour cream, vanilla sugar, and salt, and mix the ingredients well.
  3. 3. Use the dough hook to work half of the flour into the mixture.
  4. 4. Knead in the remaining flour and work the dough thoroughly for about 5 minutes.
  5. 5. Do not add any extra flour, even if the dough feels sticky, to ensure the bunnies stay airy later.
  6. 6. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and let it rest at room temperature for about 1 hour.
  7. 7. Wait until the volume of the dough has doubled.
  8. 8. Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces.
  9. 9. Take a small part from each piece and shape it into a ball for the tail.
  10. 10. Shape the larger parts of the dough pieces into strands about 40 cm long.
  11. 11. Lightly roll the strands in flour.
  12. 12. Place the strands in a U-shape on the work surface.
  13. 13. Cross the two ends of the U-shape over each other twice.
  14. 14. Press the small dough ball as a tail onto the end of the bunny.
  15. 15. Place the finished bunnies on a baking sheet.
  16. 16. Let the bunnies rise again for about 30 minutes.
  17. 17. Brush the bunnies with egg yolk.
  18. 18. Sprinkle them with nonpareils if desired.
  19. 19. Bake the bunnies at 190 °C top and bottom heat for about 14 minutes until golden brown.

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