Easter Ring with Filling

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 42 g yeast (1 cube)
• 70 g sugar
• 250 ml lukewarm milk
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 120 g soft butter
• 4 sour apples
• 150 g Ground Almonds
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch clove powder
• 80 g brown sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp milk

Instructions

1. 1.

   Sift the flour into a bowl, make a well in the center. Crumble the yeast into it, add 1 tsp sugar, 5 tbsp lukewarm milk and a little flour from the rim, stir. Let rise covered for about 20 minutes. Separate the eggs; set the whites aside. Add the yolks, remaining milk, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and butter to the dough and knead thoroughly. Let the dough rise covered in a warm, draft‑free place for about 40 minutes.

2. 2.

   Peel, quarter, core and dice the apples for the filling. Mix the apples with almonds, cinnamon, cloves and sugar.

3. 3.

   Preheat the oven to 160 °C fan.

4. 4.

   On a floured surface roll the dough into a large rectangle about 1 cm thick. Spread the filling over the dough and roll from one long side. Shape into a ring, press the ends together well. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Place the dough ring gently on the tray. With a sharp knife cut diagonal slits in the ring. Pull the slit edges slightly apart. Beat egg yolk with milk and brush the ring. Bake for about 1 hour until golden brown. Let cool before decorating as desired.