One of my best childhood memories is when my grandmother and mother made easter bread. My mother told me that my grandmother used to make it with a colored egg in the nest of the braid so that the loaf looked like a baby swaddled In a blanket, I only recall a loaf without the eggs but I tried it for this post!  If you google “easter bread” you will find some images with the colored eggs and could certainly adapt this recipe to a more traditional presentation!

Granny’s Easter Bread Ingredients:

12 beaten eggs
1 cup oil
1 1/2 cups sugar dissolved in 2 cups water
1 tablespoon salt
3 packages dry yeast plus tablespoon sugar dissolved in 2 cups warm water
5 tablespoon anise flavoring (vanilla flavoring can be substituted!)
5 lbs of flour (my grandmother went big!)
This makes 10-12 loaves. Just like the white bread recipe…