Viennese Striesel; The Bread Baking Babes do the Holidays Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup very warm water
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbs shortening, melted (I used butter)
• 2 3/4 - 3 cups flour
• 1 egg
• Dissolve yeast in warm water
• Scald milk. Put milk, sugar, shortening, salt in bowl of mixer. Cool until just warm. Stir in 1 cup of flour. Mix in dissolved yeast.
• Whisk egg and add to dough. Add remaining flour and knead until smooth and satiny.
• I used my stand mixer and dough hook up to this point, the dough was still sticky. I added about 1/4 more flour, kneading by hand.
• Viennese Striesel
• 1 recipe Basic Sweet Dough
• 1/4 cup seedless raisins
• 1/4 cup candied cherries, chopped
• 2 tbs candied orange peel, chopped
• 1/8 tsp mace
• 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 tbs milk
• almonds or walnuts for sprinkling
• Grain Doe - Gorel
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