Easter Tsoureki (brioche-like bread) with painted red eggs - iCookGreek

Ingredients

• 1 kg (2.2 lbs) flour for brioche
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 230 g. (8.1 ozs) butter from milk
• 40 g. (1.41 ozs) fresh yeast
• 5 eggs (2 yolks and 3 whole)
• 1 cup lukewarm evaporated milk (undiluted)
• 1 teaspoon crushed machlepi
• 1 teaspoon crushed mastic
• 1 vanilla powder
• some salt
• For coating and decoration
• 1 egg yolk
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 50 g. (1.76 ozs) blanched almonds
• painted red hard-boiled eggs