Easter Cheoreg
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
