John Myers
Yeast, Chocolate and Orange Wreaths
The perfect yeast, chocolate and orange wreaths recipe with a picture and simple step-by-step instructions.
- 350 g Spelled flour type 630
- 0,5 packet Fresh yeast or half a packet of dry yeast
- 100 ml Lukewarm milk
- 1 Pc. Organic orange, juice and peel
- 50 g Very soft butter or margarine
- 1 Pc. Egg
- 45 g Liquid honey, e.g. Orange blossom honey
- 1 packet Bourbon vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch Salt
- 60 g Baked dark chocolate pieces
- 100 g Powdered sugar for the icing
- Put the flour in a bowl and make a well in the middle. Crumble the yeast into it. Pour the lukewarm milk over it and stir gently with a fork until the yeast has dissolved.
- From the orange we need the peel abrasion (wash with hot water beforehand and dry off). Now add the butter, egg, honey, vanilla sugar, salt and zest of peel to the flour mixture and knead vigorously with the dough hook of the hand mixer for approx. 5 – 7 minutes until a smooth dough is formed that loosens from the edge of the bowl. Finally knead in the chocolate pieces (if necessary chop them a little smaller). Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let rise in a warm place (e.g. oven 40 degrees) until the volume has approximately doubled. Takes about 40-60 minutes.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 degrees (or fan oven 160 degrees). Place the dough on a floured work surface and knead lightly with your hands. Divide into approx. 6 – 7 servings. Each serving becomes a wreath. To do this, cut a portion of the dough in half and roll it into two long, approx. 1 – 1.5 cm thick strands. Twist these two dough sausages around each other like a cord and finally shape them into a circle. Pinch the ends together.
- Place the wreaths on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, brush them lightly with water (alternatively with a whisked egg yolk) and bake in the middle of the hot oven for about 15 minutes until golden.
- For the icing, stir together the icing sugar and orange juice and sprinkle over the slightly cooled wreaths. Let dry.
- You can shape the wreaths with a slightly larger or smaller hole in the middle, as you wish. Results z. B. a nice “nest” for an egg at Easter brunch.
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