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Traditional Easter Bread in a Bread Machine

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This traditional easter bread is a delightful sweet bread that is perfect for celebrating the holiday. Made effortlessly in a bread machine, it features a rich dough infused with eggs and flavored with citrus zest. Enjoy this soft and fluffy bread fresh from the machine or toasted with butter.

This recipe is breakfast, scaled for 8 servings, with 15 min prep and 180 min cook.

Prep: 15 min · Cook: 180 min · Total: 195 min · Serves: 8

Quick cooking notes

  • Core ingredients include salt, active dry yeast, granulated sugar, bread flour.
  • Follow all 5 steps in order for the intended texture and doneness.
  • Ingredient quantities listed below are for 8 servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1 tbsp orange zest
  • 1 stick butter (softened)
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk (warm)

Instructions

  1. In the bread machine pan, add the warm milk, softened butter, and eggs, ensuring the ingredients are at room temperature.
  2. Next, add the bread flour, sugar, salt, lemon zest, orange zest, and vanilla extract on top of the wet ingredients.
  3. Finally, sprinkle the active dry yeast over the top of the flour mixture.
  4. Select the sweet bread setting on your bread machine and start the cycle.
  5. Once the baking cycle is complete, carefully remove the bread from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack before slicing.

Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories: 250
  • Protein: 6 g
  • Fat: 8 g
  • Carbohydrates: 40 g
  • Fiber: 1 g
  • Sugar: 8 g
  • Sodium: 200 mg

Nutrition values are estimates based on stored ingredient totals and serving size.

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