Hungarian "Kalacs" a sweet dough bread

Just as Sunday approaches i made this sweet Hungarian dough bread called "Kalacs". It is usually made at Easter time at home, but you can buy a more basic version of it from the bakery and grocery shops in Hungary. We like to eat this with jam, but some peoaple like it with salami or with cheese as well. This bread also can be found in the Jewish traditional cooking, it called "Challah" and made for the Sabbath meal.

For this "Kalacs" i used 600g Plain Flour, vanilla essence, 120g white sugar, 250ml milk, 12g fresh yeast, 120g Butter, 1.5 teaspoon salt, lemon zest finely grated, 2 tablespoon of sour cream, almond meal for the top, Egg to brush the dough before baking.

Cultivate the yeast in two tablespoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 100ml warm milk. Mix the flour with the sugar, salt, add the melted butter and the lemon zest, add the cultivated yeast mix and the vanilla essence, knead well for about 20minutes. Let it rest for 1.5 hours. After resting knead again for 5-10 minutes. Divide dough to 3 equal portion and roll them out then knot them like a plat together. Let it rest for 10 minutes, brush the top with one beaten egg, and sprinkle with almond meal. Bake in a fan forced oven for 25-30 minutes on 200c. Rest it for an hour on a wire rack before cutting. Enjoy the delicious zesty sweet smell of this dough how it fills up your house. A very homie bread.