Easter sweet bread
Description
The recipe won't take much time. My brush leaves a patterned trace on the baked goods. You can use this to create streaks in an attractive way. Easter baking is wonderful—it's aromatic and delicious. You can add candied fruits or raisins to this dough, but when shaping the balls, I recommend pushing the raisins into the dough, otherwise they will burn during baking.
Instructions
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Step 1
To prepare the bread, sift the flour twice, fully aerating it.
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Step 2
Put sugar, salt, yeast, flour, milk, eggs, sour cream, vanilla sugar, salt, and butter into the bread machine bowl.
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Step 3
Place the bucket into the bread machine and start the dough kneading cycle. Kneading time is 45 minutes. On my machine, this is the pizza dough setting. After the specified time, turn off the bread machine. Leave the bucket with the dough inside the bread machine for 2 hours. If the dough hasn't fully risen during this time, allow it additional time. Then, punch down the dough.
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Step 4
Dust the table with flour. Place the dough onto it. Divide it into several equal portions. Grease a round springform pan with butter and line the bottom with parchment paper. Place the dough balls into the pan. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough balls rise well. This will take about 3 hours.
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Step 5
We'll get a little flower shape from the dough.
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Step 6
When the dough has risen well, it will reach the edges of the pan. In the photo, the dough has risen by 50% (after standing for about 1.5 hours). Be patient and allow the dough to rise properly. Don't rush, otherwise the finished loaf will be too dense and moist. Brush it with beaten egg and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 30 minutes. Check for doneness with a wooden skewer—it should come out dry.
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Step 7
Before baking, you can prepare a special dough used in bakeries to decorate loaves, but I don't particularly like it. It's bland, thin, and prickly after baking. This dough is made from flour and egg whites. I prefer decorations that can be easily removed from the loaf if desired. I decorated the loaf with sugar flowers and leaves.