For The Love Of Bread
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009My nonna used to make a wonderful egg bread every Easter, similar to Jewish Challah bread but not quite as sweet, and much crustier- she was Italian, after all.
Unfortunately the recipe was never recorded before she passed away, so I attempted to make it based on this recipe that I found online. In my version, I omitted the decorative dyed eggs (obviously), and used 1/2 cup cream + 3 eggs instead of 2/3 cup milk + 2 eggs. I also cut down on the sugar.
The result was gorgeous! The woody finish of the crust, and the way it steamed when you ripped open the braid, fresh out of the oven…..love!
It was pretty different from my nonna’s bread (hers was more yellow on the inside – I don’t think she used dairy), but still wonderful. Breadliness is next to Godliness!