Easter Bread is good for any brunch, its delicious! After a day, slice it up for toast, French toast, use it for bread pudding! Is soft, slightly sweet, a little spicy and oh so delicious!
Ingredients and Variations
Ingredients: Bread flour, butter, yeast, salt, egg, water, milk powder, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, orange zest, lemon zest, raisins and orange extract. Icing- powdered sugar and orange juice.
Variations: Wheat flour can be used, other dried fruit can replace raisins, use the spices you like, honey or sugar substitute can replace sugar, Use your choice of citrus zest.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups warm water
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast or 1 pckt
1 large egg, room temp
3/4 stick butter, melted and cooled
1/4 cup dry milk powder
4 – 5 cup bread flour
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1 zest of 1 orange
1 zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp orange extract
1 tsp vanilla powder or extract
- Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
juice of 1 orange
Directions
- Bloom yeast in water with sugar and let set for 5 – 10 minutes until frothy, then add flour and the rest of the ingredients. and knead for 5-10 minutes. Put into greased pan, cover and place in a warm area to rise for 1 1/2 – 2 hours until doubled in size.
- heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes until golden brown.
- Butter top of bread if desired. Mix ingredients for icing and pour over bread! Let set for an hour before slicing into.
Notes
- This dough recipe can be divided into 2 or more smaller loaves!
