Easter Sweet Bread | Kozinjak ( Malibrod )

30 Mins

April 13, 2023

Easy

Kozinjak
Easter Sweet Bread
#Kozinjak

Traditional Macedonian sweet Easter bread Kozinjak

For this bread you need lots of love patience and time

This Is The Recipe I Used
250 ml warm milk
4 taps yeast
250 g sugar
4 tsp honey
200 g yogurt
Zest from one lemon and orange
1 tsp mahlab
4 egg yolks
4 whole eggs
1 tsp rum
Pinch of salt
1 kg flour and maybe 200 g extra if needed
150 g unsalted butter
150 g lard
verything should be room temperature
For The Filling I Used
Dry Raisins
Turkish delight ( lokum )
You can use any Jam or Nutella
Toping
2 yolks mix with 2 tbs milk
Pecans or Walnuts
Almonds

Serves

People

01
Activate the Yeast first
Mix the milk with 1 tbsp sugar ,100 grams of flour and the yeast.
02
Mix it well, and leave it in a warm place to double the size ,mix it again and let it rise again ,do this three times.
03
Put it in a big bowl , And combine the yeast with everything else in it for the dough,
except the butter and the lard.
04
Start meeting with your hands for a long time like 30 min , and put it in the greased bowl ,cover it with plastic and leave it in a warm place for more than an hour make sure to double or triple the size.
05
When it rises I knead it again ,and start adding the lard in the butter mixture keep kneading for a long time ,till the dough comes out nice and elastic !
06
Put it in the bowl ,cover it ,and put it in a plastic Leave it in a warm place to double or triple the size.
07
Start making your Kozinjak Start braiding it however you want it.
08
Lead them rise Brush it or the egg yolk
Add walnuts or pecans ,almonds and sugar
09
Preheat your oven on 350° and bake them for 45 minutes ,depends on your stove , cover it after if they burned on the top.
10
And enjoy it

Happy Easter everyone 🐣🐇

Watch the video to see how it’s made.