Soft, juicy, aromatic – how delicious our Braided Easter Bread is! Each year I am glad to prepare it for my family. It spreads wonderful smell around our kitchen, creating special and beautiful Easter atmosphere in our home.

INGREDIENTS :

FOR DOUGH :

½ cube of fresh yeast

1 package of baking powder

45 g of solid yoghurt

45 ml of oil

¼ tea spoon of salt

½ tea spoon of sugar

165 ml of warm milk

lemon peel

FOR FILLING :

2 packages of vanilla sugar

100 g of nuts

100 g of carob

1 tea spoon of cinnamon

2 big apples or 3 small ones

1 spoon of rum

15 spoons of milk

100 g of sugar

COATING :

4 spoons of water

egg white

sturdy sugar

PREPARATION :

1 . dissolve the yeast in warm milk with sugar …

2 . put flour, baking powder, salt, lemon peel, solid yoghurt and dissolved yeast into a bowl…

3 . stir the ingredients shortly and add oil…

4 . make smooth, soft dough and then form a ball with your hands …

5 . put some flour on the bottom of the bowl, put dough on it and flour it …

6. cover the dough and let it double its size …

7. in the meantime prepare the filling ….

8. peel the apples, and grate them …

9 . put all the ingredients except apples into a bowl and stir them well …

10 . mixture must be homogenous and creamy …

11 . add apples to the mixture and stir well …

12 . then knead the risen dough long and narrow …

13 . fill the dough, leaving some 2 cm of the dough empty on the top to avoid leaking when

rolling …

14 . roll the dough, then cut it into two pieces, from the half, to avoid breaking up …

15 . wind the two pieces of dough one over another gently ….

16 . repeat the same with the second part of the dough …

17 . form a circle to make a wreath, then plait the ends …

18. put baking paper into the baking tray and lay the braided bread into it gently …

19 . if you want to, you can butter a glass jar and put it in the middle of the braided bread to

avoid narrowing of the inner circle during baking …

20. mix egg white and water until white bubbles appear …

21. glaze the braid bread with a brush and sprinkle sturdy sugar on it …

22 . bake the braided bread in the formerly heated oven at 190o C for about 30 – 40 minutes …

23 . take out of the oven and let the Braided Easter Bread cool …

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