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Recipe: Weckmänner (= bread roll men) for St. Martin's Day | janavar

Weckmänner (= bread roll men) for St. Martin’s Day

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Prep Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 6 bread dough men

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g or 3 cups + 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 package dry yeast
  • 250 ml or 1 cup milk/non-dairy milk
  • 125 g or 1/2 cup butter/margarine
  • 80 g or 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. lemon extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt
  • raisins

Instructions
 

  • Heat up the milk.
  • Mix the dry yeast with the milk.
  • Melt the butter.
  • In a big bowl, knead together the butter, flour, sugar, lemon extract, 1 egg and salt.
  • Add the milk and yeast. Mix well.
  • Cover the bowl and put it in a warm spot to raise the dough. It will take about one hour for the dough to double in size.
  • Divide the dough into 6 parts.
  • Form balls and put them on a baking sheet. If the dough is too sticky, add a bit of flour.
  • Cover the dough balls with a dishtowel.
  • Heat up the oven to ca. 50°C (or 125°F) and then switch it off.
  • Put the covered baking sheet with the dough balls into the oven. Also put a cup of water next to it. Let the dough rise again for about 30 minutes.
  • Take out the baking sheet and form the men: Roll the balls out to cylinders. Use your fingers to indent the dough 1/3 of the way down to form the head, neck and body. Use food scissors or a knife to cut the body part diagonally for the arms. Finally, cut the bottom center of the dough to create the legs. Move the arms and legs to the sides.
  • Press raisins into the dough for the eyes and buttons.
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (or 360°F).
  • Beat 1 egg in a little bowl. Add 1 tbsp water. Brush a layer of egg on each dough man.
  • Bake the bread roll men for 15 minutes.