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Traditional Paska Easter Bread Recipe a.k.a. Kulich has been made by our family for generations.

Paska Easter Bread Recipe (Kulich)

+ 2 Tbsp warm milk (I used whole milk)

eggs (room temp)

Tbsp active dry yeast

sugar

unsalted butter ((1/2 lb

tsp salt

sour cream

tsp vanilla extract

all-purpose Canadian flour (divided)

raisins (white

Sugar

Lemon

Paper

In a large Mixing bowl, whisk together 2 cups + 2 Tbsp warm milk, 6 eggs, 1 Tbsp yeast, 2 cups sugar, 2 sticks melted butter (just warm, not hot!), 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup sour cream and 1 tsp vanilla. Whisk in 4 cups flour. Your batter will be thick like sour cream. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise in a warm place or a warm oven (about 100˚F) for 2 hours.

Add 5 more cups of flour; one cup at a time or until the dough no longer sticks to your hands (it will still feel sticky but wont' stick to your fingers). I find it's easiest to fold flour in with a silicone spatula. Dough should be soft. Stir in 1 to 1 1/2 cups raisins. Cover and let dough rise another 2 hours in a warm oven (100˚F).

Divide dough evenly into the three paper baking molds; try not to mix it or stomp it down too much. Let dough rise uncovered in a warm 100˚F oven for an additional 2 hours or until the molds are almost full. Remove from the oven and preheat oven to 350˚F.

Bake at 350˚F for 30-35 minutes in the middle of the oven until the top is golden brown. Let cool to room temp or just warm and then tear off the wrapper.

Once the Breads are at room temperature and wrappers are off, get your frosting ready. In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar with 3 Tbsp lemon juice. Add a little water if it's too thick or a little more powdered sugar if it's too runny. Pour the glaze over each cooled Easter bread. Traditionally, these are topped with colorful sprinkles before the glaze sets.

Kulich Russian sweet Easter Bread, similar to Italian Panettone. Easy recipe using bread maker dough setting. Traditionally made with raisins, but this recipe uses dried cranberries and blueberries - Kulich Easter Bread (Кулич)

Kulich Easter Bread (Paska)

milk

eggs

butter

vanilla

flour (sifted)

bread machine yeast

raisins

icing sugar

Vanilla

Place ingredients, in the order listed, into your bread machine and select the dough program. Should take about 90 minutes to complete the dough cycle.

Remove the dough onto a floured surface. It will be very sticky. When you knock down the dough, to make it less sticky, add about 1/2 cup of flour and lightly work the dough. You don't want to properly knead it, but really just to keep it from sticking to the table.

Grease the cans/silicone cylinder with cooking spray. Divide the dough, so that the can/cylinder is filled only 1/3-1/2 from the top with dough (it will rise the rest of the way). Cover with cling wrap and a tea towel, place in a warm place for 1-2 hours, and allow to rise to the top of the cylinder. Be very careful not to bump, slam doors, and even keep away from drafts. This can cause the Kulich to collapse.

Place into a 180°C/350F preheated oven and bake from 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of your container. If the top is starts to burn, cover with foil and continue to cook. Using a thin wooden skewer, pierce the Kulich, and remove the skewer to test if it is done. If dough sticks on skewer, keep in oven for 5 more minutes and check again.

Allow to cool on a baking rack. When it is room temperature, Mix the icing sugar, milk and vanilla together. Pour the glaze over the Kulich and top with colorful candy sprinkles.

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