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Easter Bread Made from Mom’s Recipe

5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Rest Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 2 people
Calories 284 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 1 kg Flour, type 550
  • 2 piece Eggs
  • 150 g Butter
  • 1 piece Yeast cubes
  • 500 ml Milk
  • 0,5 tsp Salt
  • 100 g Sugar
  • 1 piece Lemon untreated
  • 100 g Raisins
  • 100 g Almond sticks
  • 80 g Lemon peel
  • 4 tbsp Orange liqueur
  • 1 piece Egg for brushing
  • Flour for processing

Instructions
 

  • Mix the raisins with the orange liqueur and soak for a while.
  • Dissolve the yeast in a little lukewarm milk and stir with a pinch of sugar. Put the flour in a bowl, form a well and add the dissolved yeast, mix with a little flour, dust with flour and let rise in a warm place for about 15 minutes.
  • Heat the rest of the milk, melt the butter in it and add to the flour with the eggs, sugar, salt, lemon zest, soaked raisins, lemon peel and sliced ​​almonds. Knead everything together. If the dough is still too soft, add a little flour until it comes off the edge of the bowl. Let the dough rise for approx. 45 minutes.
  • Dust your hands with flour and form either two loaves or four small ones from the dough, place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and cut crosswise. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for another 30 minutes.
  • Whisk an egg with a little salt and sugar. Brush the Easter bread with it. Bake in the oven preheated to 175 ° C (top / bottom heat) for approx. 50 - 55 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 284kcalCarbohydrates: 21.6gProtein: 4.2gFat: 17.7g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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