Juicy Easter braid

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 1,000 g flour
• 100 ml milk
• 1 cube of fresh yeast
• 200 g sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 360 g butter
• 5 eggs
• 1 egg yolk

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Rest time approx. 12 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 12 hours 55 minutes

Put the flour in a bowl and make a well in the center. Pour the milk into the well, crumble the yeast, add the sugar and salt. Stir lightly in the center and let it rest for 15 minutes. Then add the butter and eggs and knead the mixture with a little flour into a dough. Cover the bowl and let the dough rest overnight. Alternatively, preheat the oven to 40 degrees Celsius and place the bowl in the oven for 1 hour so the dough rises faster. Then roll out the dough on a floured surface and divide it into three long sausages. These three sausages will be braided like a farmer’s plait. Mix the egg yolk with a splash of milk and brush the plait with it. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20-30 minutes. Let it cool and enjoy.