One of my most loved recipes on this blog is my Easter Bread so I made a batch and took some proper photos of it. This bread is perfect with a cup of coffee or as dessert. I’m making some to bring to my sister’s and gifted some to my new neighbors. Its dense and a little sweet and OH SO good! It takes time, but its SO worth it! PS: This recipe makes four small loaves.

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Easter Bread

The perfect sweet bread to pair with coffee or as a dessert!

Prep Time1 2

Cook Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: bread, easter

Ingredients

Bread Ingredients

1 pkg active dry yeast (1/4oz package)
1/4 cup water room temp
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
4 eggs room temp
1 1/2 tbs vanilla extract
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 tbs vegetable oil
6 tbs melted butter
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Icing Ingredients

1 cup confectioners sugar
2 tbs milk

Instructions

The Night Before

Dissolve the yeast in a large bowl with the warm water with a small pinch of the sugar. Let sit 10 minutes until foamy.
Whisk in the remaining sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, oil, and melted butter.
Combine well with a mixer.
Once everything is well combined, mix in the flour, one cup at a time, to form a wet, sticky dough.
Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for about 5 minutes, adding flour as needed to keep the dough from sticking to the surface.
Spray a bowl with oil and place dough in it then spray the top of the dough and cover with a damp towel.
Place in the oven with the light on (but no heat). The dough needs to rise until doubled in size, about 6-12 hours or overnight.

The Next Day

When doubled, punch dough down, turn out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into four pieces. Take one piece and cut it into three strips and braid. Repeat with remaining dough.
Place the loaves on a silicone mat or parchment-lined baking sheets. Cover very loosely with lightly greased plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350F and once loaves have risen, bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove and cool on wire racks.
Stir confectioners sugar and milk together until smooth and drizzle over bread and enjoy! I like to add a sprinkle of festive jimmies on top too!

Notes

You can add the hard boiled eggs into the bread like they traditionally do, but I prefer it this way. You can also braid the dough into a wreath like a lot of people do. This recipe will make four loaves so I like to gift them to friends, family and neighbors. It goes GREAT with coffee fyi 🙂

I hope you love this bread! Its such a nice treat year round, but especially at Easter! If you do give it a go, tag me in your pics @jillianrosado – can’t wait to see!

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