Holiday Kugelhopf

• Starter
• 1/2 cup Whole Milk - lukewarm
• 2 Envelopes Active Dry Yeast
• 2 1/2 ounces Gluten Free Flour
• Base
• 25 ounces Gluten Free Flour
• 1 teaspoon Psyllium Husk Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 4 ounces Sugar
• 4 Eggs - room temperature
• 1 cup Whole Milk - room temperature
• 5 ounces Unsalted Butter - room temperature
• 3 tablespoons Kirsch
• 6 ounces Dried Tart Cherries
• 3 ounces Sliced Almonds - toasted
• 1 Orange - zest of

1. In a small bowl, whisk 1/2 cup of warm milk and yeast together; gradually adding the flour till well combined.
2. In a standing mixer with a dough hook, combine the flour, sugar, salt, and psyllium husk powder. With the mixer running, add each egg one by one followed by the milk and kirsch. Mix the dough for about five minutes.
3. When the dough looks well combined, gradually add the butter a tablespoon at a time. Once the butter has been incorporated, add your starter mix. Continue mixing until the dough looks elastic and fluffy.
4. Add the cherries, zest, and almonds, and mix until incorporated.
5. Dust a large bowl with gluten free flour and scrape the dough into a ball into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and leave in a warm area for 2 hours.
6. Prepare you Kugelhopf pan or large bundt pan with the remaining tablespoon of butter. If your not confident that your pan will release your Kugelhopf, grease with additional butter.
7. After your dough has risen, punch the dough down, and add to your prepared pan. Place the Kugelhopf in the oven at your lowest setting and allow to proof for 45 minutes.
8. After your dough has proofed a second time, lightly cover with foil and baked at 400 degrees for 45 minutes and remove the foil. Continue to bake for an additional 15 minutes.
9. Unmold your Kugelhopf onto a rack, and allow to cool completely.rnTo serve, dust with powdered sugar.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/32141-holiday-kugelhopf (may not work)