Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread)

Tsoureki Recipe (Greek Easter Bread)

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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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Cooking tools:

  • Stand mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Plastic wrap
  • Sifter
  • Wooden spoon
  • Kitchen towel
  • Baking sheet
  • Pastry brush
  • Whisk
  • Oven
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Kitchen scale
  • Rolling pin
  • Saucepan
  • Kettle
  • Kitchen timer
  • Cooling rack
  • Measuring spoon
  • Parchment paper

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk, warmed to 100°F
  • Two ¼-oz. packages active dry yeast
  • 9–10 cups cake flour, divided, plus more for dusting
  • 1½ cups sugar, divided
  • 2 tsp. mahlepi
  • 8 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for greasing
  • 6 large eggs, divided
  • 2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 Tbsp. grated lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp. grated orange zest
  • 2 red-dyed hard-boiled eggs

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