Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread) | Saveur

Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread) | Saveur

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This eye-catching braided loaf is perfumed with mahlepi, the seeds of Mediterranean wild cherries, and adorned with red-dyed eggs.

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Ingredients

  • 2 (7-gram) packets active dry yeast
  • 2 cups warm milk
  • 9-10 cakes flour
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups sugar
  • 2 tsp. makhlépi (optional)
  • 8 tbsp. butter, melted and cooled
  • 6 eggs, 1 lightly beaten
  • Salt
  • 1 tbsp. grated orange zest
  • 1 tbsp. grated lemon zest
  • 2 hard-cooked red-dyed eggs (optional)
  • 2 tbsp. black cumin seeds

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