ALLERHEILIGEN STRIETZEL [All Saint’s Day braid]
500 g wheat flour
200 ml milk [lukewarm]
12 g dry yeast
50 g sugar
75 g butter
[room temperature]
1 egg yolk
pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
lemon zest
50 g raisins
1 egg white
pearl sugar
_ put yeast into the milk together with some of the sugar
_ place the flour into a large bowl
_ add all ingredients [but raisins, egg white and pearl sugar]
_ knead until well combined
_ add raisins and knead until dough is smooth
_ cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rise in a warm place [about 30 minutes]
_ deflate dough
_ divide dough into 3 large and 2 smaller pieces
_ form long rolls [a little thicker in the middle than on the ends]
_ braid the three large pieces loosely together [starting in the middle and then finishing the ends]
_ twist the two remaining rolls and place on top of the big braid
_ fold the ends underneath the braid
_ place braid on a baking sheet
_ cover with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place [for another 30 minutes]
_ glaze braid with egg white
_ bake for 35 minutes at 170°C
[check after half the time if the top is getting too dark - then you need to cover it with another baking sheet]
_ take out of the oven and immediately glaze with egg white and sprinkle with pearl sugar
[easiest if you take the brush in one hand and the sugar in the other - that way you can apply the sugar before the egg white dries]
ALLERHEILIGEN STRIETZEL
500 g Weizenmehl
200 ml Milch [lauwarm]
12 g Trockenhefe
50 g Zucker
75 g Butter
[Zimmertemperatur]
1 Eigelb
Prise Salz
1 Teelöffel Vanillezucker
Zitronenschale
50 g Rosinen
1 Eiweiß
Perlzucker