Easter bread

Below you will find a recipe for a delicious, traditional Easter bread (paasstol).

Ingredients:

• 500 grams flour
• 20 grams yeast
• 75 grams sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar
• 150 ml milk
• 100 grams butter
• 2 eggs
• 150 grams raisins
• 50 grams chopped almonds
• 50 grams candied peel

For the icing

• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1/2 tbsp water
• 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Place the flour in a large bowl and make a well in the center. Sprinkle the yeast into the well and add a little sugar. Pour in the milk and mix well.
2. Add the remaining sugar, salt, vanilla sugar, butter, and eggs. Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic.
3. Cover the dough with a clean cloth and let it rise in a warm place until it has doubled in volume (approximately 1 hour).
4. Knead the dough again briefly.
5. Add the raisins, chopped almonds, and candied peel, and knead the dough again until all ingredients are well combined.
6. Cover the dough again and let it rise for another 30 minutes in a warm place.
7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
8. Knead the dough again and distribute it into the spiral mold.
9. Bake the bread in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
10. Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool. It is best to remove it from the spiral mold only once it has cooled down sufficiently.
11. Let the bread cool further.
12. Meanwhile, the icing can be made. Stir the powdered sugar with the water and lemon juice into a thick paste. Without food coloring, it will be a white icing.

13. Now apply the icing to the cooled Easter bread.

And voilà, a delicious Easter bread to serve during Easter brunch or to share with family and friends during the Easter holidays!

ZijTak tips:

Spiral baking mold:

For this, we used the spiral baking mold that you can find in our shop.