Yeast braided nests with colorful Easter eggs for Easter brunch
Ingredients
- 500 g flour
- 1 packet of yeast, fresh
- 125 ml milk, lukewarm
- 25 g butter
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 25 g sugar
- eggs colored, boiled, as needed
- almond leaves, at will
Utensils
- mixing bowl
- food processor
- knife
- pasting brush
Instructions
- Sieve the flour into a bowl and make a well in it.
- Crumble in the yeast and pour in the lukewarm milk.
- Mix everything together gently.
- Add the egg, melted butter and sugar and knead everything well.
- Dough, covered, for 1 hour in a warm Let rise.
- Take the dough out of the bowl and divide into 6-10 equal pieces, depending on their size.
- Form the pieces of dough into strands.
- If you like, braid two or three strands into a braid or twist them together.
- Make a circle and join the ends together.
- Place the nests on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
- Grease the yeast braided nests with beaten egg yolk.
- Sprinkle with slivered almonds, if you like.
- Put an egg in each nest.
- Bake the yeast braid in the oven at 200°C for approx. 20 minutes.
- Enjoy the yeast braid with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk for Easter!
