A wonderful tradition for many families is to bake a sweetened yeast dough bread to help celebrate the resurrection of Christ's birth. There are quite a few different Easter Bread Recipes; some are savory and some are sweet.
However, they're all full of meaning and symbolism. Here are a few that you can find on my site; including my family's Italian Easter Bread recipe.
Depending on your family's heritage, there are different types of Easter Bread Recipes. Some may be braided into wreaths or baked as a traditional loaf of brioche bread.
Some recipes will have candied fruit or whole eggs inserted into the delicate braids. There is meaning behind every loaf of bread baked over the Easter holiday celebration.
According to Peter Reinhart, author of Artisan Breads Every Day, states that "Easter breads are a continuation of the same tradition that for millions of years breads have been used: to tell a story."
I love to include Easter Breads with my Easter Brunch Ideas and Menu.
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Can you eat the egg in Easter bread?
Of course! As the bread cooks in the oven, so do the raw eggs. They are perfectly hard-boiled and ready to eat.
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Here are the different types of Easter Bread you'll find on my site:
- Italian Easter Bread - A Family Tradition - this is the recipe I've made for years.
- Easter Bread Recipes - a great collection of different recipes for all the different cultures.
- Individual Italian Easter Bread Rings - if the though of baking with yeast scares you, try this non-traditional recipe that uses frozen bread dough. It also helps speed up the process too.
- Traditional Easter Bread - made in individual rings so you can give these to friends and family.
- Bread Machine Easter Bread - think working with yeast dough is too intimidating? Try my new recipe that uses dough prepared in a bread machine! How easy is that?
- Easter Banana Bread - made with ripe bananas and chunks of Easter candy, this is one Easter Bread Recipe you’re going to want to make all year long.
- Hot Cross Buns - My sister's recipe which are sweet buns made with currants or raisins, marked with a cross on the top traditionally enjoyed over the Easter holidays.
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