The cougnou (for 8 people) Typical of Belgium

Ingredients / for 8 persons(Total time: 2h40)

• 520 g flour

• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

• 40 g fresh baker's yeast

• 80 g butter or margarine

• 1 egg

• 100 g of fine sugar

• 100 ml of milk

• 150 ml of water

• 100 g pearl sugar

• 80 g of raisins

Steps :

1. In a shallow dish, mix all the ingredients: flour, yeast diluted in milk, water, whole egg, butter, fine sugar and salt (this must not come into contact with the yeast). Work the mixture together until you obtain a ball of dough.

2. Knead the dough for 10 to 15 minutes.

3. Raising the dough in a lightly floured dish covered with a cloth for at least 1h15.

4. Introduce in the leavened dough the lightly floured raisins and the pearl sugar. Work quickly.

5. Divide the dough into dough pieces of 100 or 150 g (or as desired). Shape the cougnous. Place on baking paper. Leave to rise for 20 to 30 minutes (they will double in volume). Brown the cougnous with an egg and milk.

6. Bake the cougnous in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Hastir, M.-E. (n.d.). Cougnou. Le Journal des Femmes. Retrieved from https://cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr/recette/309455-cougnou. Translated from French