Cherry-filled sweet braid
Description
Homemade pastry for tea. You can make a wonderful baked treat with cherries. This braided cherry pie is very easy to make. You'll need yeast dough, either homemade or store-bought. Roll out the dough into a rectangle, place pitted cherries in the center, make cuts along the edges of the dough, and braid the strips over the filling. Bake in the oven. The result is a fragrant, fluffy, delicious pastry—perfect served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Pour warm milk into a bowl and add the yeast and one tablespoon of sugar. Mix and let stand for 10 minutes, until the yeast activates and becomes foamy.
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Step 2
Add salt, mayonnaise, another 4-5 tablespoons of sugar, and mayonnaise.
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Step 3
Mix the milk, yeast, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, and mayonnaise well.
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Step 4
Gradually add the sifted flour and knead a soft, elastic dough.
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Step 5
Place the dough in a warm spot. After 60-80 minutes, it will have doubled in volume and will be ready to use.
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Step 6
Divide the dough into two parts. The specified amount of ingredients will yield two braided pastries. Roll out each part of the dough into a rectangle. Wash the cherries and remove the pits. Place them on the dough.
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Step 7
Make cuts along the edges of the dough. It's convenient to do this with a pizza cutter.
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Step 8
Braid the ends of the dough into a braid.
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Step 9
Place the braid in a baking pan, brush with egg, and let stand at room temperature for 25-30 minutes.
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Step 10
Bake the braid in the oven at 175 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Baking time depends on your oven.
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Step 11
Remove the finished braid from the oven, let it cool, and slice it.