The Easter Bread is out of the oven and cooling
 

In article >,
"L, not -L" > wrote:

> I just pulled the first batch of Easter Bread from the oven; it's a sweet,
> buttery roll with a colored egg in the center. The egg is decorated, but
> uncooked when it goes in - while the bread bakes around it, the egg cooks
> and ends up like a hard-boiled egg.
>
> If interested, take a look at:
> http://i2.tinypic.com/vgii6u.jpg

Curiosity question: What's their purpose? Are they dinner rolls?
Coffeecakes? I don't find them appealing, but I'm curious about when
you eat them. And since I'm a couple few days late with this question,
how were they received?
--
-Barb
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"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

The Easter Bread is out of the oven and cooling
 

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "L, not -L" > wrote:
>
>
>>I just pulled the first batch of Easter Bread from the oven; it's a sweet,
>>buttery roll with a colored egg in the center. The egg is decorated, but
>>uncooked when it goes in - while the bread bakes around it, the egg cooks
>>and ends up like a hard-boiled egg.
>>
>>If interested, take a look at:
>>http://i2.tinypic.com/vgii6u.jpg
>
>
> Curiosity question: What's their purpose? Are they dinner rolls?
> Coffeecakes? I don't find them appealing, but I'm curious about when
> you eat them. And since I'm a couple few days late with this question,
> how were they received?

I can't say what their traditional purpose is, other than to eat, but
they went over well when I made a batch last Sunday. Frankly, I don't
care all that much for hard-cooked eggs, and thought the bread itself
would do very nicely as a Challah-like braid.

It does:

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I made the dough in the bread machine, exactly to the OP's recipe, then
cut it into three equal pieces. Rolled and stretched them to long ropes
and braided them. The result was almost longer than I could fit into the
oven! I had to put it diagonally on an oversized insulated baking sheet.

After an hour in a warm spot, it had raised to the point it would take
an impression without springing back. Fired up the oven, and while it
was heating, gave the braid an egg-and-water wash, and a light
sprinkling of sugar. 20-25 minutes at 375F, and it was perfect...

Dave