Traditional Easter Bread Recipe

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This recipe for Traditional Easter Bread has delicious shortcut– Rhodes Bake-N-Serv™ White Bread. Soft white bread braided and glazed with Easter eggs nestled in the folds. 

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Traditional Easter Bread Recipe

Main Ingredients Needed for Traditional Easter Bread

  • Rhodes Bake-N-Serv™ White Bread
  • egg yolk
  • powdered sugar
  • milk
  • sprinkles
  • dyed Easter eggs
Traditional Easter Bread

How to Make Easter Bread with Rhodes Rolls

1. Thaw the bread dough.

I let my loaves thaw in the refrigerator overnight. I put them in at 10pm and pulled them out around 2pm the next day, and they were perfect. Side note: I pulled out four loaves (pictured), but I ended up only using three.

Traditional Easter Bread

2. Slice the dough lengthwise into three strips.

Traditional Easter Bread

3. Pinch the ends of two strips together, and pinch together another two strips to the ends to create two long strips that are connected at the top.

Traditional Easter Bread

4. Twist the two strips together.

Traditional Easter Bread

5. Repeat the process with four more strips. Connect the two twists by connecting them at the ends to form a circle.

Traditional Easter Bread

6. Brush with an egg wash and gently press the dyed Easter eggs into the folds of the twists.

Sprinkle sanding sugar over the egg wash and let the dough rise.

Traditional Easter Bread

7. Bake until golden brown.

Traditional Easter Bread

8. Drizzle the glaze over the warm bread and decorate with sprinkles.

Enjoy warm! You can cut it into slices or simple pull apart the twists.

Traditional Easter Bread
Traditional Easter Bread
Traditional Easter Bread

Traditional Easter Bread

Yield: 16
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes 25 seconds
Total Time: 1 hour 25 seconds

This recipe for Traditional Easter Bread has delicious shortcut-- Rhodes Bake-N-Serv™ White Bread. Soft white bread braided and glazed with Easter eggs nestled in the folds. 

Ingredients

  • 3 loaves Rhodes Bake-N-Serv™ White Bread, thawed
  • 6 dyed Easter Eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • Easter sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Cut the loaves of bread lengthwise into three strips for a total of 9 strips. See the post for details.
  2. Create 4 long strips by pinching the ends together four sets of 2 strips.
  3. Twist two long strips together. Repeat with the other two long strips. Discard the leftover short strip.
  4. Connect the two long twists at the ends to form a circle.
  5. Whisk together the egg yolk and 1 tbsp of water. Brush the egg wash over the dough. Sprinkle with sanding sugar.
  6. Gently press the Easter eggs into the folds of the twist. Allow dough to rise for 30 minutes in a warm place.
  7. Bake at 350ºF until golden brown, about 25-30 minutes.
  8. Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk to form a glaze. Drizzle the glaze over the warm bread. Decorate with sprinkles and serve.

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 65Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 39mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 3g

 

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