Happy Easter! To celebrate the first proper warm days of this year, why not bake some delicious sweet-bread bunnies for yourself and your quarantine mates ;)
Ingredients (8 Bunnies):
500g Flour (+ some extra)
20g Fresh Yeast (or 7g Dry Yeast)
250ml luke warm Milk
100g Sugar
80g soft Butter
1 Egg
Pinch of Salt
Eggwash
Method:
In a large bowl, add the flour and form a well in the centre. Crumble the fresh (or dry) yeast into the well and add two teaspoons of the sugar on top. Add as much of the milk you need to mix the yeast and sugar into a porridgy consistence. This will not take a lot of milk and you shouldn't mix it with all the flour! Only a little porridgy mixture in the well. Now cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
Once the yeast has clearly risen, add the sugar on top of the yeast and the butter, egg, and salt around the outside on the flour rim. The fats (egg and butter) should not directly be placed on top of the yeast. Mix all ingredients including the flour, and once the dough starts to seem a bit dry, add milk step by step. At some point the milk may seem like it's too much but with consistent kneading, the dough should become nice and tough. Best is to use your hands once you notice the dough getting tougher. Then really knead hard, as the yeast now needs a lot of oxygen. Once the dough easily loosens from the bowl, cover once more with a kitchen towel and leave to rise for another 45 minutes. After rising, the dough should be about twice as big.
Preheat your oven to 180°C and prepare a baking dish with baking paper. Knead the dough once more and place on a work surface slightly sprinkled with flour to prevent sticking. Now split the dough into 8 equally sized parts. Roll each part out into a roll of about 30cm length and cut of the last 3cm. Roll these short ends up into small balls (bunny tails) and place on the baking tray. Now take the longer roll and loop around the 'bunny's tail', crossing over twice at the top to form the ears. Leave the bunnies to rise for another 10 minutes and the brush with egg wash (1 egg, whipped) just before baking. Place them in the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes, until they get a nice golden colour. Enjoy! :D
P.S. You can also search the internet for other ways to fold the dough - there are so many varieties!
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