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Eastern without homemade Easter-bunnies-buns? That is impossible.<\/p>\n
I bake Easter bunnies every year, varying the dough and the shape. This year their shape are a little bit more abstract then in the last years<\/a>. The boyfriend needed a little hint to see the bunny in this shape. But I fell in love with the shape when I saw it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I made the dough as a overnight variation similar to the saffron stars<\/a> on Christmas. I like the fact that you can sleep longer on holidays and be able to serve warm bread for breakfast.<\/p>\n The long and slow proofing is good for the taste, too, making it more complex. They taste very good, with hints of butter and vanilla, a very delicious treat for a Easter breakfast or brunch!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n yields 9 Easter bunnies<\/p>\n Decoration<\/p>\n Dissolve the yeast in milk. Add water, milk, egg, flour, seeds of the vanilla bean and salt into a bowl and knead for 5 min at slow speed, then another 10 min at high speed . Because the sugar inhibits the gluten development, sugar is added just now. Add always a tablespoon at once and knead in between always for 1 min. At last add the butter all at once and knead until the butter is completely incooperated.<\/p>\n Ferment for two hours.<\/p>\n Divide the dough into 9 90g pieces and 9 15g pieces. Shape the 15g pieces into balls. Roll the 90g pieces into strands of 35 cm, with a thick middle and thinner ends.<\/p>\n Lay a strand in U-shape. Now place the left end over the right end, forming a loop. Lay the left end of the loop over the right end. Flat the ends (ears of the bunny) a little bit.<\/p>\n Now dip the balls with one side in pearl sugar and lay them in the loop, pearl sugar side up. (A \u201cHow to form\u201d with pictures can be found here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Place the bunnies on a paper lined tray, cover it with plastic foil (I used a clean plastic bag) and let them proof over night (about 8 hours).<\/p>\n The next morning glaze the bunnies with egg and bake at 200\u00b0C for about 15 min with steam.<\/p>\nEaster bunnies\u2013 Overnight-Variation<\/u><\/h2>\n
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