# Sweet Easter Bread

This recipe is very easy, comes together with minimal hands-on work, and yields a fluffy, tender, sweet bread.

- Total time: 200 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 0.5 cup warm milk
- 0.5 cup avocado oil
- 3 room temperature eggs
- 0.75 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup warm milk
- 0.5 cup melted butter
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon melted butter or oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 0 sesame seeds
- 0 mini chocolate eggs

## Instructions

1. Add yeast, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and warm milk to a bowl, stir, and let it foam up.
2. Add oil, eggs, 0.75 cup sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract, remaining warm milk, and melted butter. Stir.
3. Gradually add flour while kneading with a dough hook attachment.
4. Oil the dough, cover, and let it rest for 2 hours.
5. Punch down the dough, place it on a counter, and cut it in half, then each half into three pieces.
6. Roll each piece into a ball, then into a rope. Pinch the top together, braid, and pinch the bottom.
7. Let it rise for another hour, uncover it, brush with egg wash, add sesame seeds, and bake.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- whisk
- stand mixer with dough hook attachment
- plastic wrap
- baking sheet
- pastry brush

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSrbVVYsD/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/58d09744-6d66-47b1-a187-b173d654721e
- Extracted: 2025-04-18

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