Yeast Braid

• 500 g flour
• 230 ml milk
• 80 g sugar
• 15 g dried yeast
• 100 g butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 100150 g raisins (optional)
• 50 g coarse sugar for decoration (optional)

1. Warm up milk, dissolve yeast in milk and rest for 10-15min
2. Combine flour, sugar and eggs, slowly pour in milk while stirring
3. Add butter and raisins while kneading and continue kneading until the dough is smooth
4. Continue kneading 15min with mixer or 20-30min by hand, then rest dough until volume doubles (45min-1h)
5. Separate dough into three pieces and form them into long sausages
6. Braid the sausages into a loaf, then rest for another 30min-1h
7. Preheat oven to 175C upper/lower
8. Mix egg yolk and milk, brush the loaf
9. Bake for about 35min until the outside is golden brown

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