Description
This is a beautiful, flavorful traditional Croatian Easter cake.
Ingredients
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- 5 cups (500 g) all purpose flour
- 2 tsp (7 g) active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 7 tbsp (100 g) butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- zest of 1 lemon
- zest of 1/2 orange
- 5 oz (150 ml) warm milk
- freshly squeezed juice of 1 orange
- 1 cup (100 g) dry cranberries
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
- Combine dry yeast with 1 tsp sugar and 150 ml warm milk. Let rise for 5 min.
- Combine cranberries with orange juice and leave for 1 hour.
- Sift flour, add sugar, melted yeast, melted butter, eggs, lemon and orange zest. Knead until the dough forms, it should be on the soft side. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.
- Drain cranberries (don’t discard orange juice, drink it) and knead them into the risen dough. Divide it into 3 equal parts and roll into long, equal rolls. Entwine them to make braid. Here you can also divide the dough into equal pieces and make hot cross buns. Place on baking sheet covered with parchment paper and brush with egg yolk. Let rise for 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 356 F (180 Celsius) and bake the bread for 30 min. Let cool. You can sprinkle it with powdered sugar before serving.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins