Sweet Braided Italian Easter Egg Bread Recipe (Challah or Brioche dough) 

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Italian Easter Egg Bread 

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Festive and delicious braided brioche bread served for Italian Easter.  Beautifully decorated with colorful eggs, sprinkles, and a sweet glaze

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             Ingredients  – Water – Milk – Eggs – Yeast – Salt – Sugar – Flour – Butter – Orange Zest – Vanilla Extract – Dyed hard boiled eggs – Egg – Sprinkles – Sugar – Milk

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Step by Step Instructions for Brioche Dough Follow these steps to make a delicious Easter Egg bread.

1-2. Dissolve the yeast in warm water. Stir gently until foamy.

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3-6. Add the flour to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix the wet and dry ingredients with a dough hook.

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7-10. The dough will be sticky. Add salt. Add butter a little at a time. Mix with each addition- until butter is completely incorporated.

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11-14. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.  Place the dough in oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow dough to rise for 60 minutes in a warm place.

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How to Braid Easter Egg Bread Dough For this sweet bread braid- make 3 ropes of roughly the same size and length.

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Start with three equal part dough balls and roll them into ropes. Pinch the dough to secure it. Simply make a long braid. After every braid section add one egg.

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Transfer dough into a round baking pan. Spray tin can or oven safe glass with cooking spray and place in the middle  Let the dough rise a second time before baking.

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