Sweet-Bread Flowers with Jam
Soft enriched kozunak dough shaped into roses or filled snail-flowers with a butter-sugar cream or jam.
Ingredients
| 500 гр. | white flour (for kozunak) |
| 200 мл. | warm fresh milk |
| 20 гр. | fresh yeast |
| 80 гр. | melted butter (or 70 ml oil) |
| 2 | eggs |
| 80 гр. | sugar (may be increased up to 100 g) |
| 1 лъжичка | honey or sugar |
| щипка | salt |
| 1 пакетче | vanilla |
| 100 гр. | very soft butter (for the cream) |
| 100 гр. | sugar (for the cream) |
| 1 пакетче | vanilla or other aroma (for the cream) |
| — | jam (for filling) |
Instructions
- Dissolve the yeast with the honey/sugar in the warm milk and wait briefly for it to activate. Add the remaining products and gradually the flour, kneading until you obtain a pleasantly soft dough. Cover with a cloth and leave to rise until doubled.
- Meanwhile prepare the cream for spreading by mixing the butter, sugar and essence.
- Roll the risen dough into a rectangular sheet and spread it with the cream. Roll it into a log and cut it into equal pieces (roses) of about 2 cm, which are arranged in a baking form a small distance from one another. Leave to rise.
OR
- Divide the risen dough into numerous balls (24 in this case) and press/roll each one lightly. Spread one half with a little jam and cover with the other. Cut into three strips and roll each into a snail, then arrange them in a muffin form.
- Leave to rise for about 1 hour. Then brush with egg yolk thinned with a few drops of oil or fresh milk and bake in an unheated oven at 180–190°C.