Easter Bread

A fan favorite Easter tradition! Tasty bread twisted around beautiful colored eggs and topped with fun sprinkles!

My father and I make Easter bread together every year. It started out as me just dying the eggs for him, and It has turned into a fun day of baking together. Easter bread is a great snack to eat Easter morning while cooking for the holiday. We love to make a lot of bread to share with family and friends.

Easter Bread

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups flour

1 lemon zested

2 1/2 tbsp sugar

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup buttert

1 1/2 tsp yeast

2 eggs

Directions

Mix flour and sugar in a bowl. Warm the milk and mix yeast in well. Add flour mixture and lemon zest and knead into a dough. Let rest and rise for two hours in a warm place. Every 15 minutes, fold dough 4 times. Form dough into two ropes, twist together, and shape in a circle. Place on a baking sheet and let rise for 1-2 hours until the loaves have doubled in size. Place dyed eggs in the center, brush with egg wash and decorate with sprinkles. Bake at 390° for 20 minutes or until golden brown.