How to Make Traditional Greek Easter Bread Tsoureki Recipe

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Greek Easter bread or Tsoureki is baked by millions of Greeks and Orthodox Christians during the Spring Holiday. See all ingredients and recipe below... • Ingredients • 15 cups of flour http://amzn.to/Zx1NbY • 2 1/2 cups of sugar http://amzn.to/179Vdzt • 2 sticks of butter • 2 1/2 envelopes (6.25 tablespoons) of yeast http://amzn.to/179VqTq • 3 1/2 cups of milk • 4 eggs • Almonds- blanched, browned and coarsely crushed http://amzn.to/179VKBr • Optional Ingredients: • 1 tsp. of mastic • 1/2 tsp. of mahlepi (an oriental seed-type herb) http://amzn.to/179VVNe • Directions • 1. Dissolve the yeast in a little warm milk and add 3-4 tablespoons of flour. • 2. Leave the yeast to rise in a warm place. When it has risen sufficiently, put the rest of the flour into a bowl and make a well in the center. • 3. Put the yeast mixture in this well. • 4. Warm in a saucepan the rest of the milk, the sugar, the eggs and the mahlepi (if you are using it), and half the butter. Combine well. • 5. Slowly pour half this mixture in the bowl with the flour and yeast. • 6. Knead well. • 7. Melt the rest of the butter and keep it aside. • 8. Add the rest of the mixture (eggs, milk, sugar, mahlepi and butter) to the flour and the yeast mixture. • 9. Continue to knead, greasing your hands with the melted butter, which you set aside. • 10. The dough should be a good consistency, neither stiff nor runny. More flour may be needed if it is runny. • 11. Place the dough, covered with a clean cloth, in a warm place to rise. • 12. When it has risen enough, it is ready. • 13. Separate the dough into 3 thick strips and make the bread into braids, circles or what ever shape is desired. • 14. Paint the bread with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle them with almonds. • 15. You may place a red boiled egg at one end for decoration. • 16. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until golden brown. • Red eggs are usually woven into the dough, a practice that probably dates back to very ancient times.

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