Name: Christmas Wreath Bread
Yield: Serves about 8
Ingredients: Confectioners’ sugar for serving (optional); 1 egg, lightly beaten; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; 7 tablespoons (100 g) butter, at room temperature; Zest and juice of 1 orange; Zest and juice of 1 lemon; 1 teaspoon mixed spice (speculaaskruiden); 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ⅓ cup (50 g) chopped succade (preserved or crystallized fruit); 3½ tablespoons (50 g) butter, cubed; 1⅓ cups (200 g) currants; ½ teaspoon sea salt; 1 cup (250 ml) milk; 2¼ teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry yeast; ¼ cup (50 g) lightly packed light brown sugar; 3½ cups (450 g) all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Serves about
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Made Christmas

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

For the Dough

1 cup (250 ml) milk
3½ tablespoons (50

Method

First make the dough. In a saucepan, heat the milk until just below boiling, then add the butter and remove from the heat. Allow to cool for 5 minutes—until just below body temperature—then add the yeast to the now lukewarm milk. Let stand for another 10 minutes.

Combine the flour, brown sugar, and salt in a large bowl and form an indentation in the center. Pour in the milk mixture. Usi