Name: Authentic Greek Tsoureki Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 500g bread flour (about 4 cups); 100g granulated sugar (about 1/2 cup); 10g instant dry yeast (about 1 packet or 2 1/4 teaspoons); 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons mahlab (ground cherry pits); 2 tablespoons orange zest (from 1 large orange); 120ml whole milk, lukewarm (about 1/2 cup); 2 large eggs, room temperature; 100g unsalted butter, softened and cut into small pieces (about 7 tablespoons); 1 egg yolk (for egg wash); 1 tablespoon milk (for egg wash); Optional: Slivered almonds or sesame seeds for topping

Tsoureki Greece

A sweet, braided bread made with flour, milk, butter, sugar, and flavored with orange zest and mahlab.

Bread sweet

Made with

Flour milk butter sugar

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