2024-11-07
Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread) south slavic cooking

Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread)

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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.)

Kolach

Slavski Kolač Славски колач (Sweet Bread)

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

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