Mrs. Simchian’s Easter Cheoreg recipe

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Easter Cheoreg

Course bread

Cuisine Armenia, Armenian

Keyword Armenia, bread, easter, ethnic

Prep Time 7 hours hours

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Author Mrs. Simonian

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. or 12 cups of flour
• ¼ lb butter
• 2 cups milk {lukewarm}
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 yeast cake
• 1 tablespoon ground mahleb sifted

Instructions

• Sift flour, put in a large bowl.
• Make a hole in center.
• Dissolve yeast, melted butter, beat. eggs, and pour all this in the hole in the flour.
• Add rest of the ingredients
• Blend flour with liquid gradually, first with a spoon and then with your hands
• Knead dough for about ½ hour or until your hands stay free of dough,
• Cover dough well and let stand from 4 to 5 hours to rise
• Then divide into 4 balls.
• Cut each ball into 3 slices, roll each slice with the palm of your hand and braid the rolls together
• Let braids stand for awhile on the greased baking sheet until they rise some more.
• Brush them with egg yolks
• Place a red egg in the middle bread, push it into the dough
• Bake 45 minutes in a. 350° F oven, until golden brown

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