Important for Easter bread with raisins
Use milk only lukewarm and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient time to rise before and after forming.
A yeast dough made of flour, milk, yeast, sugar and butter is kneaded with raisins and orange, formed after the moulding time and baked with almonds. Use milk only lukewarm and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient walking time before and after the moulding time. Cranberries replace raisins, candied lemon peel or chopped almonds to complete the filling.
Why this recipe works
Use only lukewarm milk and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient time to rise before and after forming. A yeast dough made of flour, milk, yeast, sugar and butter is kneaded with raisins and orange, formed after forming and baked with almonds. Cranberries replace raisins, candied lemon or chopped almonds to complete the filling.
Recipe
A yeast dough made of flour, milk, yeast, sugar and butter is kneaded with raisins and orange, formed after the moulding time and baked with almonds. Use milk only lukewarm and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient walking time before and after the moulding time.
Rinse the raisins with warm water, pat dry thoroughly and mix with the almond sticks. Heat the milk at hand, dissolve the yeast in it and add butter and orange grinding to the dough.
A yeast dough made of flour, milk, yeast, sugar and butter is kneaded with raisins and orange, formed after walking and baked with almonds.
Use milk only lukewarm and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient time to rise before and after forming.
Let the Easter bread cool on a wire rack and cut it lukewarm first. Thus, the loose crumb settles, while raisins, orange and almonds retain their flavour.
Kitchen know-how
Use milk only lukewarm and dry raisins well; the dough needs sufficient time to rise before and after forming.
Variations
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