Easter Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. # Dissolve the yeast in a little warm milk and add 3-4 tbsps. of flour then leave to rise in a warm place
  2. # Put the rest of the flour into a bowl and make a well in the center
  3. # When the yeast mixture has risen considerably put it into the well in the flour
  4. # Warm the remaining milk in a saucepan with the eggs, half the mastic, the mahlepi, 9 oz.(250g) of the butter and combine well
  5. # Add half of this mixture to the bowl with the flour and the yeast and knead well
  6. # Melt the rest of the butter and keep it to one side
  7. # Add the rest of the egg, sugar, malhepi, mastic and butter mixture to the flour and yeast mixture
  8. # Continue kneading, greasing your hands with the already melted butter
  9. # Knead the dough until it's elastic in consistency, not too stiff or too runny, adding a little more flour if needed
  10. # Cover the dough with a clean cloth and leave in a warm place to rise
  11. # When you see it has risen considerably separate the dough into three thick strips
  12. # Plait the strips, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle them with almonds and the remaining mastic
  13. # Optionally, you could also decorate the plait with a red hard boiled egg at one end
  14. # Bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes

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