Yeast dough for plaited bread, snails or figures

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 kg flour (wheat flour 700)
• 10 g salt
• 1 cube of yeast, fresh
• 100 g fat (margarine is better, with butter the dough will be too heavy)
• 80 g sugar
• Vanilla sugar or lemon peel
• 280 ml water and 140 ml milk
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 egg(s), beaten, for brushing

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 25 minutes

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Combine all ingredients in a dough and knead firmly. Let rise for 30 minutes in a warm place, covered with plastic. Knead briefly, then let rise again until the dough has doubled in size. Punch the dough down firmly to release any air and allow the shaped loaf to rise again. Place the finished loaf on the baking sheet, cover, and let rise for another 30 minutes. Brush with beaten egg, and bake at 160°C (convection oven) for 30 minutes. You can add raisins, if desired. Sprinkle the egg-brushed loaf with granulated sugar, flaked almonds, or slivered almonds, if desired.