I have made quite a few Greek Easter Breads / Tsoureki other the years. This Tsoureki Muffin recipe works well for me.
A unique Greek inspired muffin recipe made with aromatic tsoureki dough! Tsoureki is a very popular Greek sweet bread, which texture resembles a brioche, only much better! If you haven't tried Greek tsoureki before, then you are certainly...
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I may make an Austrian, Swiss or Bavarian Easter Zopf for Western Easter this year.
I’ll post few Zopf recipes.
An easy Swiss bread recipe for bunny-shaped rolls known as "Zopfhasen," which are popular in the springtime around the Easter holidays.
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I am also going to look at my German and Austrian cookbooks before I start baking.
I also may buy a Ukrainian paska bread.
There is also Colomba, of course!
Studded with citrus peel or the dried fruits of your choice, sprinkled with almonds, and gilded with a shiny coat of sugar syrup and coarse sugar, this is wonderful fresh, and makes delicious toast.
Portuguese Folar
Our Lisbon bureau chief, confined at home due to the coronavirus crisis, shares her grandmother's recipe for folar, the traditional Easter sweet bread.
Armenian Choreg
https://www.seriouseats.com/choreg-armenian-easter-bread
Valencian Mona de Pascua
You might be wondering why I would be posting a recipe for Mona de Pascua now. In my defense, I will say that we ate the monas (also called panquemados) on Easter Monday, as it is tradition in Spain. And also in my defense I will say that...
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French Mouna
Making brioche for Easter morning is a dear French tradition that I follow religiously every year – even in Canada (although you’ll know that I am partial to brioche all year round). And for …
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Croatian Pinca
Amazingly aromatic, flavoured with different citrus zests and rose liqueur, this sweet croatian Easter bread called Pinca is our favourite Easter snack.
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Dutch Paasstol
– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Paasstol – This is by far the most delicious bread I’ve ever eaten. A ‘stollen’ is a traditional Dutch raisin bread with an almond paste center and it’s served at Christmas and Easter. The only difference...
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Mexican Easter Bread Pudding / Caporiotada (served at Easter, made with bolillos)
This capirotada, Mexican bread pudding that is sweet and filling, is a traditional Easter dish made every year in Abuelita Toña’s family.
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Please add your Easter bread content, including your Good Friday Hot Cross Buns!
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Rachel Roddy’s cheesy savoury Easter Bread
Ethiopian Easter Bread / Defo Dabo
A vegan version
Defo Dabo is also the enriched bread Ethiopian Jews make for Shabbat.
At Easter time, in my town of Verbicaro everybody baked a sweet bread that we called buccellati, also called cuzzupe, cuculi or cudduraci in other parts of Calabria. These symbolic breads are decorated with whole eggs still in the shell. The...
Here’s an Italian Easter cheese loaf which I’ve made and enjoyed quite a bit:
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I knew about Zopf, I did not know about Striezel
Here’s a wonderful recipe for a soft and fluffy Sweet Braided Yeast Bread, known in Austria as Striezel. | Recipe for wondefully fluffy Braided Easter Bread, served traditionally on Easter sunday for Easter breakfast or brunch.
https://www.lilvienna.com/soft-mini-brioche-braids/
https://www.cuisinefiend.com/241/sedgemoor-easter-biscuits
I absolutely love Easter. It really is my favourite time of year. Daffodils pushing up through the ground, clocks being put forward, spring in the air, sunshine (although not this year, brrr) and c…
Presunto
March 27, 2026, 9:02pm
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One more for your collection: Jidáše (Czech Rep.)
Eating my last panettone this weekend. Not a fan of most sweet breads but I do like panettone. Yes, I know it’s not for Easter. I don’t do Easter or any holiday.
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Colomba, the dove shaped Italian Easter bread, tastes pretty much the same as Panettone. I gave my friend the last of my frozen panettone 3 weeks ago.
I’m a Cradle Catholic who enjoys trying all the Easter Breads. I haven’t been inside a church since Xmas 2019.
For me, it’s more about being interested in historic, regional, and cultural foods. Learning about other culture and enjoying their foods.
I also eat Matzoh Ball soup and other holiday foods, even if I don’t follow any organized religion in a significant way.
BarneyGrubble
March 28, 2026, 2:05am
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Zoeliculious:
I’m a Cradle Catholic
Interesting term I had not heard before! If I interpret your meaning correctly, I’m the same.
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Nazuki from Georgia, the country. This is new to me. Tempted to make it this weekend, instead of the German Zopf.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/georgias-village-of-easter-bread
, but nazuki from Surmai , a small town in Shida Kartli Region, stands out with its exceptional taste. Every Georgian and tourist alike who passes beautiful Surmai road is unable to resist a good l
Popular in Russia and Eastern Europe, kulich and other Easter breads are essential to Easter celebrations. Read about their history, cultural significance, and recipes.
