Where ever you live, you can have a taste of Italy during the Easter season with this homemade sweet bread. It can also be frozen in a freezer safe bag for up to 3-4 months. The baked bread should be stored in an airtight bread at room temperature. The best way to know when bread is done baking is to use a thermometer to measure the temperature. If your kitchen is cooler, the dough may take longer to rise. Available in a variety of flavors and baked fresh daily. If you are kneading by hand, it will take much longer. A favorite to kama‘aina and visitors alike, our sweet bread is baked according to a secret, generations-old recipe. This rehydrates them, so they are plump when you add them to the dough. Interesting to know the traditional way is to soak the raisins in a couple of tablespoons of Anicette for an hour before kneading into the dough.Īs with all bread recipes, the time it takes to knead and let the dough rise can vary. I like to soak the raisins in boiling water before adding them to the dough. This homemade style sweet bread from Hawaii is the perfect sweet treat. Ingredients cup of Unsalted Butter, at room temperature cup of Milk 1 Envelope of Yeast (2 tsp) cup of Warm Water, about 110 degrees 3 Eggs, at. While it’s warm, brush it with the sugar glaze. Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack. This golden-brown loaf of bread is a beautiful addition to an Easter dinner – who can resist homemade bread? I know I can’t, and it wouldn’t be Easter without a loaf of this delicious Easter sweet bread. On top, you score a cross, so the loaf breaks open as it bakes. I bake it in a high cake pan to get this shape. You can shape this loaf however you like – I like a tall round loaf that looks like a dome. The dish’s origins date back to the mid-1800s. It is often eaten with a variety of other desserts, such as crumbles or other puddings. It is typically made with a brown sugar, lemony, buttermilk-like custard. The bread has the flavor of lemon with the addition of lemon zest, but you could use orange zest, too. Pour milk, add egg, sugar, condensed milk and yeast in a bowl. Beef sweet bread is a deliciously sweet, golden dessert originating in the United Kingdom. Most of the sweetness is from the light glaze brushed on while the loaf is warm. This Italian Easter bread I’m sharing today does not have as much butter as the braided one but is enriched with eggs for a soft, delicious loaf. Ingredients: Bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, potassium bromate, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, sugar, milk, butter. Another favorite Easter bread recipe is braided brioche bread with colored eggs. This type of yeasted bread is made in many Italian homes for the Easter holiday – including ours! There are many variations, of course, and I’ve made several over the years. This bread is originally from the Northern part of Italy, the Emilia Romagna region. If it’s Easter, it’s time to bake, and, of course, we start with Easter Sweet Bread – a wonderfully soft, golden bread with raisins and a light sugar glaze.

Sweet bread