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🍰 Cherry Easter Braid

336 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Warm the milk in a pot for about 1 minute until it is lukewarm.
  2. 2. Crumble the yeast into a bowl.
  3. 3. Add 1 tbsp of sugar to the yeast.
  4. 4. Dissolve the yeast-sugar mixture in the lukewarm milk.
  5. 5. Cover the mixture and let it rest for about 15 minutes.
  6. 6. Mix sugar, flour, salt, and cut-up butter in a bowl.
  7. 7. Pour the yeast milk and one egg into the flour mixture.
  8. 8. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
  9. 9. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel.
  10. 10. Let the dough rise in a warm place for approx. 1 hour until its volume has doubled.
  11. 11. Drain the cherries.
  12. 12. Knead the dough again on a little flour.
  13. 13. Roll the dough into a rectangle of approx. 45 x 55 cm.
  14. 14. Cut the rectangle lengthwise into 3 equally wide strips.
  15. 15. Separate the remaining egg and use only the yolk.
  16. 16. Whisk the yolk with 1 tbsp of water in a bowl.
  17. 17. Brush the edges of the dough strips with the yolk-water mixture.
  18. 18. Spread the jam in the middle of the strips.
  19. 19. Distribute the cherries on the jam.
  20. 20. Fold the dough over the filling.
  21. 21. Press the edges well to seal them.
  22. 22. Braid the three strands into a plait.
  23. 23. Place the plait on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
  24. 24. Let the plait rise again, covered, for about 20 minutes.
  25. 25. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat).
  26. 26. Carefully close any holes in the dough.
  27. 27. Brush the plait with the remaining egg yolk.
  28. 28. Bake the plait in the oven for about 25 minutes.
  29. 29. Remove the plait and let it cool.

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