Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)

Name: Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Mediterranean, European, Greek
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps dry active yeast; 1 liters all purpose flour; 118 milliliters butter, melted; 1 egg + 1 tablespoon water, lightly beaten; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 118 milliliters milk, luke warm; 237 milliliters water or milk or orange juice; 2 Tbsps orange zest; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar

The recipe Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread) is ready in approximately 4 hours and is definitely a tremendous vegetarian option for lovers of Mediterranean food. One serving contains 275 calories, 7g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. It will be a hit at your Easter event. Head to the store and pick up salt, orange zest, eggs, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Mix the yeast into the milk, along with the sugar, salt and flour and let sit for 10 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Milk

Salt

Mix the water, butter, eggs, sugar, mahlep, mastic and orange zest into the yeast mixture.

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Orange Zest

Butter

Sugar

Water

Yeast

Egg

Mix the flour into the yeast mixture until it forms a dough.Knead the dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise to double its original size, about 2 hours.Punch the dough down, cut it into 6 parts and form 2 braids.

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