Easter Bunny Brioche
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Yield: 18
 
Cute delicacy for the festivities
Ingredients
  • 680 g flour
  • 680 g powdered sugar
  • 68 g butter
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 40 g fresh yeast or corresponding amount of instant yeast
  • 8 g salt
  • 330 ml lukewarm milk
Instructions
  1. Knead all the ingredients into a uniform dough.
  2. Let the dough rest in a warm place for 20 minutes.
  3. Knead it again, then let it rest for another 20 minutes.
  4. Cut in into 16 pieces of the same size.
  5. Stretch each piece to a length of 40-45 cm.
  6. Cut a small bit off the ends, these will become the bunny’s tails.
  7. Twist the pieces so as to form a bunny.
  8. Place the tail into the hole in the lower part of the braid.
  9. Put baking paper on two baking trays.
  10. Preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F.
  11. Place the bunnies on the baking trays.
  12. Beat an egg to and glaze the bunnies with it.
  13. Let them rest for 35-40 minutes.
  14. Glaze them again and put them into the oven for 12-15 minutes.
Notes
After having glazed the bunnies for the second time, you may sprinkle cinammon
sugar on them.
Recipe by Mom With Five at https://www.momwithfive.com/2016/03/19/nyuszi-brios/