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Baking something special for the holiday is a real adventure. Sliding through the various recipes you find online, avoid making the same mistakes as other home cooks, and trying to come up with an original product. We already posted a recipe for Nutella-bread and recently a brioche in the shape of a Christmas tree. Here is a little twist you can do to add a personal touch to your Christmas table. You must have:

• 600 g of flour;
• 30 g fresh yeast or tablespoon dry yeast;
• a half of cup of sugar;
• a couple packages of vanilla sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• a teaspoon of salt;
• ½ cup of water or warm milk;
• 100 g butter;
• poppy seed filling;
• Nutella;
• (optional) nuts, or cinnamon and sugar filling;

Proceed to preparing the dough, kneading with all the ingredients with the exception of the butter. To process the dough well enough do this for about 7 minutes. When the dough reached a slightly sticky feel, take the butter and mix it in the dough. When it’s all absorbed, leave the dough covered in a warm place for 50 minutes, in order for it to rise nicely.

During this time you could make the filling for the future bread. Pour the dough on the worktable and divide it in four balls of the same size. Leave it to rise some more for half an hour. Take 40 g of butter and melt entirely; use microwave for a quick process. Roll out one of the dough ball and place it on a baking sheet in the pan, then apply over the melted butter with the help of a cooking brush.

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Add the filling you chose (Nutella chocolate, nuts, cinnamon) on top and repeat the process for the other balls of dough (except the filling for the last one). You should end up with four layers of dough leaves. At this step, cut a top triangle and a square base, to form the shape of a Christmas tree. With a knife or pizza cutter, mark lines across both sides. Use your fingers to rolling these lines into `branches` of the tree. Keep doing this until you reach the top. Place it on a large baking dish and let it rise for about 15 minutes. Sprinkle some sesame seeds over it and bake in preheated oven to 180 degrees for half an hour. Bon appétit!