Braided Poppyseed Bun
Zutaten
Dough
- 500 g flour
- 250 ml plantmilk I used almond-milk.
- 50 g cane sugar
- 75 g vegan butter
- 25 g fresh yeast
Filling
- 200 g poppyseeds
- 50 g sugar
- 200 ml plantmilk
Glaze
- 100 ml water
- 100 g cane sugar
Anleitungen
Dough
- Heat the plantmilk cerafully for about 30 seconds until it is lukewarm.
- While the milk is in the microwave you can mix the flour and the sugar in a big bowl.
- Mix one tablespoon of sugar into the milk and dissolve the fresh yeast in it.
- Pour the milk into the bowl with flour but don´t mix it yet.
- Cover the bowl with a kitchentowel and let it rest in a warm space for 10 minutes.
- The milk should be frothy now. You can start to mix it.
- Melt the butter and pour it into the dough. Kneed the dough until it is soft. It shouldn´t be sticking to the sides of the bowl anymore.
- Cover the Bowl with a kitchen towel and let it rest in a warm space for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 175C.
Filling
- In the meantime you can prepare the filling. mix the sugar and the poppy seeds.
- Bring the plantmilk to a boil and mix in the dry ingredients.
- Let the filling cook for 5 minutes. When it´s done, let it cool down.
- Spread the dough on a large working are that´s covered with flour.
- Spread the filling on top of the dough carefully and roll it up.
- Take a sharp knive and split the doughroll down its length into 3 strands.
- Form a braid out of the 3 strands and put it into a square-shaped baking form. It should be lined with parchmentpaper.
- Bake the braid in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Glaze
- While the braid is in. the oven you can work on the glaze.
- Put the sugar and the water into a cooking pan and let it simmer for 10 minutes. It should form a sticky golden-brown sirup.
- Brush the sirup over the braid when its done.