Fay’s Mars bar Tsourekia Easter Rabits
Makes 12 rabbits
8 eggs
200 g warm milk
3 cups sugar
250g of unsalted butter
1 cup orange juice and zest from an orange
1 tsp Mahlepi
1 tsp mastixa
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cardamon
1 tsp vanilla powder
6 tsp dry yeast
2kg of 00 flour or all purpose flour, as much as it takes
1 tbls of baking powder
Mars bars or any other chocolate of your choise
Egg wash to wash to top sprinkle some colour sprinkles
Some currents for the eyes and red currents for nose and mouth
Mix all dry ingredients together and all dry ingredients then with a wooden spoon mix both the wet on to the dry ingredients and mix well until it's a nice loose dough.
When you mix let rise for a few hours in warm place until it doubles.
Divide dough in four parts cut some dough to make the body like a large burger to make the body of the rabbet then cut some smaller dough to make the head then small amounts for the ears and tail
Shaping the body first flaten the large peace of dough that's for the body placing the small Mars bar in the middle picking up all sides cover chocolate and shape for body then take the smaller dough and roll up to read a head place on top side of the body then roll some small amount of sought I make the ears and place on top of the head.
Decirate with currents for the eyes and red current bits for nose and mouth! Let them rise until they double in size then with a pastry brush apply the egg wash and add the sprinkles five with a plastic wrap and let them rise then bake in 170* oven for around 45 minutes or until they are golden brown let them cool and decorate! Happy Easter
After that, knead a little then with a rolling pin roll out equal amount of dough and apply some nutella spread then fold then roll the dough to form long cigar rolls and braid them in to plates let rise for another hr.
Then with a brush apply some egg wash and add sesame seeds cover with glad wrap and a towel and let it rise once more until it doubles it's size
Preheat oven to 170*
Bake for 45mins or until lightly golden brown
Happy Easter
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