Easter bunny in a clay pot

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g low-fat curd cheese
• 6 tbsp milk
• 6 tbsp oil
• 1 pinch of salt
• 75 g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 300 g flour
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 50 g marzipan paste
• 1 tbsp apricot jam
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 egg yolk
• 30 currants
• Almond sticks
• 10 small carrots made of marzipan
• 2 tsp powdered sugar
• 1 tsp rum or lemon juice
• Flour for the work surface
• Margarine for greasing the clay pots
• Breadcrumbs for sprinkling the clay pots

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 55 minutes

makes 10 servings

You will also need 10 small clay flower pots with a top diameter of 5 cm. First, soak the clay pots in a bowl of water for about an hour. Put the quark, 6 tablespoons of milk, oil, salt, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix everything together using the dough hook of a hand mixer. Mix the flour and baking powder, add it to the bowl, and knead everything into a smooth dough. Preheat the oven: electric oven 200°C / fan 175°C, gas mark 3. Dice the marzipan and stir in the jam. Dry the flower pots and grease them well with margarine. Sprinkle them with breadcrumbs. Set aside 1/3 of the quark and oil dough for the heads. Roll the remaining dough into a rope and divide it into 10 discs. Flatten them on a little flour. Place 1/2 teaspoon of the marzipan mixture in the center of each. Wrap the dough around it, shape it into a round shape, and place it in the pots. Whisk the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of milk and brush the dough on top. Place the pots on a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes until the bodies are a nice light brown. Cut the remaining dough into 10 pieces for the faces. Form small balls, which you then roll into an egg shape. Cut a slit down the pointed end with a knife, pulling them apart slightly to create two ears. Brush these with egg yolk. Then press two currants into each for the eyes, one currant for the nose, and four almond slivers for the beard. Remove the clay pots from the oven and let them cool. Line the baking sheet with baking paper and place the bunny faces on it. Bake for 10-12 minutes until light brown. Let them cool. Mix the powdered sugar with the rum (or lemon juice), the consistency should be quite thick, and place a small dollop on each body. Then, using a wooden skewer, such as a toothpick, firmly attach the head to the dollop of powdered sugar. It can also be attached without a wooden skewer, but it will hold better this way. Important: Please make sure that a skewer is inserted, otherwise there is a risk of injury when biting into it. Attach the marzipan carrots to the body with powdered sugar and let dry. The perfect pastry for Easter breakfast. Very tasty and, above all, so cute to look at. 306 kcal per serving. Tip: You can also attach small bows as a ruff.