For the holiday of Easter, which will soon come, bake magnificent cakes, paint eggs. Many housewives, choosing the menu for the Easter table, try to surprise loved ones with something special. Prepare a basket of yeast dough, it looks very unusual and, of course, will decorate the holiday table. From the specified number of ingredients, you will get one large basket or two small ones.
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You will need
- - half a glass of milk
- - one and a half cups of flour
- - a tablespoon of yeast
- - one and a half tablespoons of sugar
- - half a tablespoon of vegetable oil
- - salt
Instruction manual
1
Preheat the milk, leaving 2 tablespoons to grease the pastries. Add yeast, sugar, leave for 20 minutes. Then add flour, vegetable oil - gradually. Mix well. The dough should become soft, plastic.
2
Put the finished dough in a warm place, wait until it doubles in volume. While the dough is coming, take a heat-resistant bowl and wrap it in foil. Also make toothpicks and a knife.
3
Roll out the dough with a rectangle. Its thickness should be about 0.5 cm. Cut the dough into equal strips. Having taken 5-6 strips, lay them out in a circle on an inverted bowl, crossing in the center.
4
Flatten the bottom of the future basket by crushing the dough on top of a cutting board. And start horizontal weaving. Cut the excess dough in a circle. Lubricate the basket with milk, transfer to a baking sheet.
5
Having rolled flagella from the dough, weave a pigtail. Cut the edges, connect the ends to make a circle. Lubricate the pigtail with milk. Place it on a baking sheet, bake with a basket for 20 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
6
After removing the workpiece, let them cool. Then remove the bowl with foil. Attach the braid to the top of the basket with toothpicks. Fill the basket with sweets or colored eggs, for example.
Useful advice
If desired, you can take a colorful ribbon and, having threaded into weaving, tie a bow.