Easter Bread

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes minutes

Rise Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 hours hours 25 minutes minutes

• ▢ ½ cup milk
• ▢ ¼ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ▢ ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 2 ¼ teaspoons active barren yeast 1 package
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 teaspoon orange zest
• ▢ ½ teaspoon lemon zest
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 ¾ cups all intent flour or arsenic needed
• ▢ 5 uncooked eggs colored (see note)
• ▢ 1 egg for ovum wash

• In a mini saucepan, harvester beverage and butter. Warm to 120°F. Remove from power and move into a bowl. Stir successful sweetener and yeast. Let remainder 10 minutes.

• Add nan yeast substance to nan bottommost of a guidelines mixer. Add successful nan eggs, vanilla, citrus zest, and salt, and lightly operation until combined. Add 1 cup of flour and hit utilizing a mixed hook for 2 minutes astatine mean speed.

• Add successful remaining flour a spot astatine a clip to make a soft dough. You whitethorn not request each of nan flour. Turn nan mixer connected to medium-low and knead pinch nan mixed hook for 4-6 minutes aliases until soft and elastic.

• Place nan mixed into a greased bowl, screen and emergence successful a lukewarm spot until doubled, astir 45 minutes.

• Punch nan mixed down and disagreement into 3 adjacent portions. Roll each information into a 26-inch rope.

• Place each 3 ropes successful a statement connected a portion of parchment insubstantial and pinch nan 3 tops together. Braid nan ropes and pinch nan bottommost seams together.

• Curve nan statement to create a ringing and pinch nan extremity together. Tuck nan colored eggs successful betwixt nan ropes of dough. Gently screen pinch a towel and fto emergence astir 30 minutes aliases until doubled.

• While nan mixed is rising, preheat nan oven to 350°F. Slide nan parchment insubstantial onto a baking sheet.

• Beat nan remaining ovum pinch 1 tablespoonful of water. Brush nan ovum complete nan mixed (avoiding nan eggs).

• Bake for 28-33 minutes aliases until nan breadstuff is golden.

• Remove from nan oven and cool connected a baking rack.

• To knead by hand, move nan mixed onto a lightly floured aboveground and knead until smooth, astir 10-15 minutes.
• The eggs will beryllium almost difficult cooked erstwhile nan breadstuff cools. Once cooled guarantee eggs are stored successful nan refrigerator.
• Eggs do not person to beryllium colored if you’d for illustration to time off them achromatic aliases brown. 

To dye eggs pinch nutrient coloring:

1. Fill a cup pinch astir ⅔ cup h2o and 1 ½ teaspoons achromatic vinegar.
2. Add a generous magnitude of liquid nutrient coloring and adhd nan eggs.
3. Let them soak until they scope nan desired color. Remove from nan h2o and fto barren wholly earlier utilizing successful nan bread.

Course Bread, Breakfast, Party Food

Cuisine American, Greek, Italian