Paska Easter Bread Recipe

Paska bread is also known as Kulich. When I was little I remember my grandma used to make at least six of these breads for each Easter, as I would watch her as she placed the dough into different size pots. I could not wait to try that delicious, fluffy, sweet bread. Some Paska breads has beautiful braids weaved on top.

Today I’m sharing the same traditional sweet Paska Easter Bread Recipe but I like to glaze my bread instead of making the braid on it. It’s so easy to make, my mixer does most of the work for me and we get to enjoy this delicious tradition with less work put in.

While the bread is baking, I prepare the glaze. This bread is so good that some of my kids request this bread for their Birthday instead of a cake. Also, the bread makes a perfect table decoration. Have a blessed Easter! 🙂

Dough ingredients:
Please see Sweet Braided Easter Bread with Raisins (I used same ingredients).
Glaze Ingredients:
¼ cup – milk
2 ½ cups – powdered sugar
1 tbsp. – fresh lemon juice
Sprinkles

Instructions:
1. Use same steps as for the Sweet Braided Easter Bread with Raisins to prepare the dough. After the dough rises, remove from the plate onto oiled large cutting board.

2. Split the dough onto 3 – 4 pieces, depends how big is your pots. If you are using 6” wide and 3” deep you will need to divide the dough into 4 pieces.

3. Place the dough into oiled pots. Let it rise for 45 minutes in the warm oven (I preheat oven to 110 F and then turn it off). After the bread rises, remove from the oven. Heat the oven to 350 F. Bake all the breads in one oven for 40-45 minutes (depends on the oven). If the top gets dark cover with foil and keep baking.

4. While your bread is baking make the glaze. Into a small bowl add milk and powdered sugar. Mix for few minutes. Add lemon juice squeezed from a lemon. Beat for another minute. Cover and set aside until ready to use.

6. Remove from the oven. Cool for 5 minutes in pots. Then remove from the pots cool for another 5 minutes and then glaze one Paska at a time and sprinkle with colorful sprinkle (the glaze dries fast so if you wait with sprinkling sprinkles then they will not stick to glaze).

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Paska Easter Bread Recipe

Prep Time

2 hrs 25 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

3 hrs 10 mins

 

Course: Bread

Servings: 3 -4 Paskas

Author: Valya's Taste of Home

Ingredients

• Dough ingredients:
• Please see Sweet Braided Easter Bread with Raisins I used same ingredients.
• Glaze Ingredients:
• ¼ cup – milk
• 2 ½ cups – powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp. – fresh lemon juice
• Sprinkles

Instructions

1. Use same steps as for the Sweet Braided Easter Bread with Raisins to prepare the dough. After the dough rises, remove from the plate onto oiled large cutting board.
2. Split the dough onto 3 – 4 pieces, depends how big is your pots. If you are using 6” wide and 3” deep you will need to divide the dough into 4 pieces.
3. Place the dough into oiled pots. Let it rise for 45 minutes in the warm oven (I preheat oven to 110 F and then turn it off). After the bread rises, remove from the oven. Heat the oven to 350 F. Bake all the breads in one oven for 40-45 minutes (depends on the oven). If the top gets dark cover with foil and keep baking.
4. While your bread is baking make the glaze. Into a small bowl add milk and powdered sugar. Mix for few minutes. Add lemon juice squeezed from a lemon. Beat for another minute. Cover and set aside until ready to use.
5. Remove from the oven. Cool for 5 minutes in pots. Then remove from the pots cool for another 5 minutes and then glaze one Paska at a time and sprinkle with colorful sprinkle (the glaze dries fast so if you wait with sprinkling sprinkles then they will not stick to glaze). Enjoy!

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