Easter mazanec (sweet Slovak Easter bread)

Tasty cake baked for Easter whipping

Cook

Zuzka

Servings

Ready in

1 h. 30 min.

Difficulty

low

Ingredients


all-purpose flour / plain flour	0 3470	lb kcal	1
almond crisps	1 187	oz kcal	30	grams
chicken egg	4 352	pcs kcal	4	pieces
fresh yeast	1.5 43	oz kcal	42	grams
lemon peel	0.5 2	tsp kcal	½	teaspoon
raisins	5.25 426	oz kcal	150	grams
rum	4 144	tbsp kcal	4	tablespoon
salt	0 ??	oz kcal	0	gram
semi skimmed milk 1,5%	1.7 192	cup kcal	400	milliliters
sugar granulated	7 804	oz kcal	200	grams
sunflower oil	9 1214	tbsp kcal	9	tablespoon

Recipe

1. Soak raisins in rum

raisins 5.25 oz (150 g) • rum 4 tbsp

Pour raisins into a bowl, pour them over with rum. Raisins will absorb part of the rum.

2. Leaven

semi skimmed milk 1,5% 1.7 cup (400 ml) • fresh yeast 1.5 oz (42 g) • sugar granulated

Crumble fresh yeast in 200 ml of warmish milk, add a pinch of sugar. Let the leaven rise.

3. Dough preparation

all-purpose flour / plain flour • sugar granulated 7 oz (200 g) • lemon peel 0.5 tsp • sunflower oil 9 tbsp • chicken egg 3 pcs • salt

Add in a bowl flour, eggs, sugar, remaining milk, oil, a pinch of salt, lemon zest and raisins soaked in rum. At the end add leaven. Stir everything together and knead the dough, then let it rise in a warm place.

chicken egg 1 pc • almond crisps 1 oz (30 g)

Split raised dough into two loaves. Place each one on the baking tin lined with parchment paper. Brush the loaves with beaten egg, sprinkle with almond crisps.