Easter Bread
By: Nadia
Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 11:40pm

Ingredients




10 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups warm milk
1 tablespoon yeast
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup melted butter (3 sticks)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
2 + 4-5 cups canadian flour (highly recommended)*
1 -1 1/2 cup raisins (I prefer jumbo or golden raisins) soaked in hot water for 10 min and drained.
* If you can’t get canadian flour ,your second choice would be bread flour, and third choice all-purpose flour. Most Russian stores and Winco Foods carry Canadian flour.
Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons choice of milk,heavy cream,squeezed lemon juice,or squeezed orange juice

Preparation

1 Combine warm milk with 2 cups flour and yeast.Mix well and set aside covered. 2 In a stand mixer,whip egg yolks with sugar. 3 Gradually add vanilla,salt,oil and butter to egg yolks.Add milk and flour mixture to egg yolk and butter.Mix until well combined. 4 Replace whisk attachment with dough hook attachment. 5 Add in 4 cups of flour and raisins. 6 Mix dough well. 7 Cover dough with plastic cover and towel. 8 Place the bowl with dough in the warmest place in your house or microwave (don’t turn it on).Let the dough rise(about 2 hours). 9 Divide dough among all molds and let it rise.(about 20 minutes) 10 Heat oven to 325 degrees. 11 Bake for about 30-40 minutes depending on the size of your molds and until the outside is golden brown. 12 To make glaze: 13 Combine powdered sugar with milk,cream,lemon juice,or orange juice. 14 Apply to the tops of easter bread/paska when cooled at room temperature.

About

Classic Russian Easter bread made of sweet yeast dough and raisins.