Ingredients

• 500 g wheat flour
• 14 g dried yeast*
• small pinch of salt
• 100 g sugar
• 200 ml milk
• 2 eggs
• 50 g butter

Also

• 1 egg
• 230 g Nutella or other chocolate spread
• icing: juice from 1/2 lemon + approx. 1 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

1. Remove eggs and butter from the refrigerator earlier and warm to room temperature.
2. Pour flour into a large bowl (e.g., from a food processor), add dried yeast, salt and sugar, mix well.
3. Gradually pour in warm milk (not hot) and mix slowly with a spoon or using a dough hook on the mixer. Add eggs and continue mixing or mixing. Add soft butter piece by piece and knead for about 3 minutes until the dough is uniform.
4. Leave the dough for 3 minutes to rest, then continue kneading for about 10-15 minutes, until it is smooth and elastic. Cover and set aside for 1 hour to rise in a warm place.
5. Place dough on work surface and knead it briefly. Form a ball, divide into 4 parts. If needed, you can gently dust the work surface with flour.
6. Roll out the first piece of dough into a circle about 25 cm in diameter. Place it on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Spread 1/3 of the Nutella, leaving about 1 cm of free edge. Roll out the second piece of dough and place it on the first, spread layer.
8. Spread chocolate cream again and place the 3rd sheet of dough. Spread the remaining Nutella and cover with the last circle.
9. Press a glass in the center to make a circle. Cut the dough into 16 pieces, leaving the center uncut.
10. Twist each piece 2 times, in pairs alternately, i.e., twist one piece 2 times to the right, the next adjacent one 2 times to the left. Glue the twisted pieces from each pair at the ends and tuck them gently underneath. The way to shape the dough can be seen in the photos with the recipe for the yeast star with poppy seeds.
11. Set aside for about 20 minutes to rise. Meanwhile, brush the star gently with beaten egg.
12. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C, place the dough in the preheated oven on the middle shelf and bake for about 18 minutes until golden.
13. Remove from the oven and drizzle with icing (mix hot lemon juice with gradually added powdered sugar).