Lazy Liquid-Batter Easter Bread

This lazy-batter Easter bread is mixed with just a spoon or a hand whisk - no kneading by hand and no mixer needed. The batter rises for an hour, is divided into tins and bakes for 30-35 minutes, and turmeric gives the crumb a beautiful yellow color. The recipe makes 3 small breads, 9 cm in diameter - recommended.

Lazy Liquid-Batter Easter Bread

Easter bread made with a liquid batter mixed with a spoon - no kneading, with raisins, cranberries and turmeric.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Rising time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 25 minutes mins

Servings: 3 loaves

Course: Easter kulich

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

For activating the yeast

• 200 ml warm milk
• 5 g dry yeast
• 2 tbsp wheat flour
• 1 tbsp sugar

Batter

• 240 g wheat flour
• 1 egg
• 60 g sugar
• 40 g butter
• 1 pinch vanillin
• 1 pinch salt
• 0.5 tsp turmeric
• 100 g raisins and cranberries

Method

 

1. Pour the warm milk into a bowl, add the yeast, sugar and flour, mix well with a whisk. The mixture should become bubbly and free of lumps.
2. In another bowl, mix the egg, sugar, melted butter, a pinch of salt, vanillin and turmeric until smooth.
3. Add the yeast mixture, stir well again with a spoon or whisk, sift in the flour and mix the batter until smooth.
4. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm spot for 1 hour to rise.
5. Add the dried fruit to the risen batter, stir and spoon it into the tins, filling them to almost half. Leave in a warm spot until the loaves rise nicely.
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes in an oven preheated to 175-180°C. Let the finished loaves cool and decorate.
   

Notes

The recipe makes 3 small loaves in 9 cm diameter tins.

Tips

• The turmeric is added for color - the crumb comes out sunny yellow, as if made with lots of egg yolks.
• Fill the tins with batter to almost half - it will rise nicely.
• Instead of raisins and cranberries, you can use any dried fruit, nuts or candied fruit.