Grittibanzen - Christmas Bread Men

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -4 1/2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/4 cups warm milk
• 3 1/2 tablespoons melted butter, cooled
• 1 egg
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• egg yolk, for brushing the dough

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour into a mixing bowl and make a well.
• 2 add the yeast and warm milk. mix yeast and milk and cover the bowl with a damp kitchen cloth and let it rest for 15 minutes.
• 3 add the remainder of the ingredients ( except egg yolk) and mix together to make a soft dough (if too stiff add a bit of warm milk, if too wet add some flour). knead for 2-3 minutes.
• 4 cover with a damp kitchen towel and put in a warm place to rise for 45 minutes.
• 5 punch down. shape into santas, decorate with raisins, chocolate, almonds, sugar, etc.
• 6 brush with egg yolk.
• 7 let rise again until doubled.
• 8 bake in a preheated 400 oven for about 20-25 minutes ( or more or less) depending upon how big the men are. done when golden brown.