Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread)

This is a sweet bread, usually baked with a cross or other religious symbol made out of dough on top. It is served during Slava, a special day for feasting and sharing with friends. (Slava is a religious time to commemorate the day that each Serbian family’s ancestors became Christians in the Sixth Century. Each family has a patron saint.)

Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread)

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Course bread, Dinner, Kolach, Kolache, Lunch

Cuisine Serbian, slavic, The Balkans, The former Yugoslavia

Ingredients

  

• 2 cakes yeast
• ¼ cup lukewarm water
• ¼ cup shortening
• ½ cup sugar
• 5 cups sifted flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 cup milk scalded
• 1 tsp. grated lemon rind
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 egg yolk slightly beaten

Instructions

 

• Soften yeast in warm water.
• Add shortening, sugar, and salt to scalded milk.
• Add yeast, eggs, lemon rind and juice, and enough flour to make a stiff batter.
• Beat well.
• Add more flour to make a soft dough. Knead until smooth.
• Place in a greased bowl; cover and let rise until doubled in bulk.
• Punch down.
• Put in greased 10″ tube pan and let rise again until doubled in bulk.
• Brush with beaten egg yolk.
• Bake at 375° for 45 minutes until the top is dark brown.

Keyword bread, Serbian, slavic