Easter Bread Ideas (#2)

 

Sue here today.

Jo and I thought we should try and finish up our Easter posts this week so I am sharing my Easter Egg Bread and Bunny Bread.

It is the same recipe, which can be easily adapted to suit your tastes.

I made everyone that came for Easter dinner an egg bread for a place setting. They looked really cute on the table.

I believe Easter bread is traditionally a sweet bread but I have gone with a savory spin instead.

You can visit HERE for our Easter bread ideas from last year!

 

 

Easter Bread Recipe

 

Ingredients

3/4 cup very warm water

1 pkg rapid rise yeast yeast

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp seasoning salt

1 tsp Mrs. Dash

1 1/2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp garlic butter

1/2 cup milk

3 - 4 cups flour

6 eggs (for centers)

 

Directions

In a large bowl, add warm water and stir in yeast. Stir in salt, seasoning salt, Mrs. Dash, sugar, garlic butter, and milk.

Mix in 2 cups of the flour to form a soft dough. Add in enough flour that you can knead the dough without it sticking too bad.

 

 

Knead until smooth.

 

 

Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel and place in a warm place to rise for 45 minutes.

Punch down dough. Divide into 12 equal amounts Roll into ropes approx 14 inches long. "Braid" 2 ropes together. Pinch ends together to form a circle. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper. Place dough circles onto cookie sheet. (You will have 6 circles)

 

 

Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375.

Place an uncooked egg into the center of the circle.

 

 

Brush the egg with a little oil.

Bake for approx 25 minutes, until bread is nicely browned. (The egg will bake as the bread bakes so there is no need to pre-boil the egg.) If you want to make this with dyed eggs - simply dye the egg uncooked!

 

 

With a simple twist and a little ball of dough, you can also shape the bread into bunny shapes....

 

 

These were perfect for the Easter bake sale we baked for.

 

 

I believe I got 12 bunnies from a batch of dough.

I have to say I normally have a lot of trouble with bread but this recipe seemed to work really well. I made about 4 - 5 different batches and they all turned out.

*knock on wood*

I think next time I will try a sweet version just to compare.

And...don't forget to check out Jo's Hot Cross Bun recipe too!

 

 

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