Name: Grandma's Easter Bread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Bread flour, or more as needed - 5 cups; White sugar - 1 cup; White sugar - 2 tablespoons; Grated Romano cheese - ⅔ cup; Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon; Salt - 1 ½ teaspoons; Warm water - 1 cup; Active dry yeast - 2 tablespoons; Serrano pepper, halved, seeded and stemmed - 1 medium; Unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly - ½ cup; Eggs, beaten slightly - 3 large; Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon

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25 min.

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Ingredients for - Grandma's Easter Bread

1. Bread flour, or more as needed - 5 cups

2. White sugar - 1 cup

3. White sugar - 2 tablespoons

4. Grated Romano cheese - ⅔ cup

5. Ground cinnamon - 1 tablespoon

6. Salt - 1 ½ teaspoons

7. Warm water - 1 cup

8. Active dry yeast - 2 tablespoons

9. Serrano pepper, halved, seeded and stemmed - 1 medium

10. Unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly - ½ cup

11. Eggs, beaten slightly - 3 large

12. Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon

How to cook deliciously - Grandma's Easter Bread

1. Stage

Combine 5 cups flour, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, Romano cheese, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl; stir well and set aside.

2. Stage

Stir warm water and yeast together in a small bowl. Set aside until dissolved and bubbly, 5 to 10 minutes.

3. Stage

Zest and juice orange into a large bowl. Stir in melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined. Stir in yeast mixture. Add flour mixture gradually, stirring as you go.

4. Stage

Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 8 to 10 minutes, adding up to 1 extra cup of flour as needed to keep dough manageable. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise until almost doubled in size, about 30 to 60 minutes.

5. Stage

Punch dough down, cover and let rise again until almost doubled in size, 30 to 60 minutes.

6. Stage

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round loaf pans.

7. Stage

Cut dough into 2 equal pieces and shape into loaves. Place in the prepared pans, cover, and let rise again until almost doubled in size, 30 to 60 minutes.

8. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cook on a wire rack.