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Paska Bread

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    large round loaf
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The New Ukrainian Cookbook

By Annette Ogrodnik Corona

Published 2020

  • About

Paska bread is a work of art baked especially for the blessing of foods at church on Easter morning. Much richer than ordinary bread, it is flavored with plenty of eggs and rich melted butter. This makes a lovely round loaf of bread traditionally decorated with dough ornaments such as crosses, rosettes, swirls, and twists, and sometimes even more elaborate pieces such as pine cones and small birds! A little beaten egg is brushed on the loaf prior to baking and the result is a stunnin

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Matthew Cockerill
from United Kingdom

I made this a while back in April (it being an Easter specialty). My Ukrainian friend told me it is traditionally generously smothered with icing and sprinkles. That almost made up for the fact that I unfortunately forgot to include the sugar in the main recipe - oops!