Kozunak velikdensky, easter

12 servings
5 hours

Filling can contain nuts, peanuts, poppy, raisins, Turkish onion, fruit sugar (dried), fresh cottage cheese (this is how it is usually prepared for Easter), cocoa, marmalade or combinations of these ingredients: walnuts and poppy, nuts and cocoa, raisins with honey, sweet cheese and raisins, etc.
1. Pour warm milk into the bowl, add yeast, a tablespoon of sugar and two tablespoons of flour from the total amount, mix and leave for 15 minutes.

2. In a separate container, drive in the egg, add the yolks, salt and remaining sugar. Mix well.

3. Add the matching steam to the egg mixture, mix.

4. Pour flour, vanillin, cardamom into the dough kneading tank, mix and make a depression. Pour in the liquid ingredients and knead the dough, in the process add very soft butter (it can also be added melted immediately with the liquid ingredients), then stir in the vegetable oil. Mix the dough until the dough is homogeneous and no longer rivet.

5. Put the dough in a container greased with oil, cover with film and put it in a warm place for 2 hours, the dough should increase well at a dimension.

6. Pour boiling water over dried fruits, leave to swell. Then drain and dry.

7. Grease the mold with oil and cover with paper (I have a shape of 24 cm) .

8. Divide the matching dough into 2 equal parts, then each part into 3 more. Round the snacks and leave for 15 minutes.

9. Roll each piece of dough into a long rectangle, and put dried fruits on it. Then twist the rectangles with the filling with a dense roll. It turns out 6 rolls. 10. From the rolls, braid 2 pigtails and put them in a circle in the form of 1
1. Remove the form with the dough in a warm place for
1. 5 hours. 1

2. Grease the neat dough with yolk, sprinkle with sugar and crushed nut. 1

3. Bake the kozunak at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes. 1

4. Let the ready-made cake cool and get it out of the mold. Enjoy your meal! Cook with pleasure!