Nut Braid With Marzipan – That’s How It Works

Nut braid with marzipan: You need these ingredients

To bake a nut braid, you must first make a yeast dough. This is then coated with the filling and formed into a braid. What you need for this:

• 500 grams of wheat flour
• 80 grams of butter
• 80 grams of sugar
• 1/2 cube of yeast
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp salt
• 200 ml whole milk
• 1 bottle of buttery vanilla flavoring
• 100 g raw marzipan mass
• 200 g ground hazelnuts
• 70 grams of sugar
• 150 ml cream
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp rum

Preparation of the nut braid with marzipan

How to prepare the nut braid:

1. Warm the milk slightly and then crumble in the yeast. Add the sugar and stir well until the yeast has dissolved.
2. Now add the vanilla flavoring and the egg to the milk and whisk everything evenly.
3. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the butter, salt, and milk mixture and mix well. The dough should be kneaded for about 10 minutes and should be evenly smooth and elastic at the end.
4. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rise in a warm place for an hour or two. It should then have doubled in volume.
5. Meanwhile, make the filling with the remaining ingredients. To do this, use a grater to grate the marzipan into fine flakes and mix it with the other ingredients to form a spreadable mass.
6. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a size of approx. 30 x 40 cm and spread the filling evenly over it.
7. Then roll up the dough from the long side into a roll.
8. Cut the dough roll in half lengthwise and alternately fold the two strands of dough over and under each other in a spiral. You can now place the resulting strand on a baking sheet or shape it into a wreath and connect the ends.
9. Let the dough rise for another 30 minutes and during this time preheat the oven to 170°C hot air. Finally, bake the braid for about 40 minutes.