Easter Kravai (Bulgarian Ritual Bread)

Name: Easter Kravai (Bulgarian Ritual Bread)
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 500 g flour; 60 g sugar; 60 g butter; 2 pcs eggs; 150 ml warm milk; 7 g dry yeast; 0.5 tsp salt; 3 pcs dyed Easter eggs; to taste sesame and poppy seeds

🍳 CookingБГ

Prep90 min

Cook40 min

Total130 min

The ornamental Easter ritual bread embellished with dough figurines and dyed eggs – broken by hand at the Easter table as a symbol of health and fertility.

Ingredients

Serves:8

500 g flour
60 g sugar
60 g butter
2 pcs eggs
150 ml warm milk
7 g dry yeast
0.5 tsp salt
3 pcs dyed Easter eggs
to taste sesame and poppy seeds

Steps

1Make a soft dough; leave to rise 1 hour.
2Divide into base and decorative portions.
3Roll a round base; fashion decorative dough shapes.
4Attach shapes to the base and nestle in dyed eggs.
5Egg-wash and scatter seeds.
6Bake at 180°C for 35–40 minutes.
7Break by hand at the Easter table, never with a knife.

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