Greek Tsoureki Recipe | King Arthur Baking

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (180g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 cup (227g) water, lukewarm
• 4 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 4 tablespoons (57g) unsalted butter, cold
• 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups (300g to 420g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/2 cup (99g) granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons (14g) King Arthur Baker's Special Dry Milk
• 1 teaspoon (6g) table salt
• 3/4 teaspoon ground mahlep, or the same amount of almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon mastiha (mastic) crystals or anise seed, ground to a powder
• zest of 1 orange
• 3 large eggs, 2 for the dough, 1 to brush over the loaf before baking
• 3 to 5 hard-boiled eggs, dyed red
• 1 tablespoon canola oil, for brushing the hard-boiled eggs