Italian Easter Bread | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, plus more, to taste, for dusting a work surface
• salt, to taste
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup milk, lukewarm
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 2 eggs, room temperature and slightly beaten, plus 1 egg, not beaten, divided
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 dyed eggs, uncooked, optional, for topping