Paska

Name: Paska
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter, softened; 12 servings Coloured sprinkles; 3 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 946 milliliters icing sugar; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 lemon, zested; 118 milliliters scalded milk; 2 Tbsps orange juice; 1 orange, zested; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters warm water (about 100 degrees F/38 degrees C); 5 teaspoons yeast

Paska might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 386 calories, 6g of protein, and 5g of fat. If you have icing sugar, coloured sprinkles, orange zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Stir together 2 cups flour and the salt in a large bowl. Set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Stir yeast into water; add 2 tsp sugar and stir until dissolved.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

Let mixture stand for 10 minutes until doubled in volume.

Meanwhile, beat eggs with electric mixer. Gradually beat in 3/4 cup sugar.

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Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in scalded milk.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Add egg mixture; beat well.

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Egg

Add butter, and lemon and orange rinds and juices, and yeast; beat until combined.

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Butter

Orange

Lemon

Yeast

Add 1 cup flour at a time, until dough is soft and holds its shape. Knead on a flour-covered surface until elastic and no longer sticky.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Place dough in a large bowl. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap that has been rubbed with a little oil.

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Dough

Wrap

Cooking Oil

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Punch down and let rise again until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Punch

Divide dough in half; form each half into a loaf shape and place into a lightly greased 9 x 5-inch (23 x 12 cm) loaf pan.

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Dough

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Let rise until doubled in bulk, about an hour.

Bake in a preheated 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) oven until golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven, let cool for a few minutes, then remove loaves from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Ice just before serving. For each loaf, stir together 2 cups icing sugar with 1 tsp lemon juice and enough milk (approximately 4 tbsp/60 mL) to make a smooth icing that can be spooned over loaf. Decorate with sprinkles.

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Powdered Sugar