VASILOPITA (ORANGE SWEET BREAD)
This is a delicious orange sweet bread recipe that has been passed down in my family for several generations. It is a Greek tradition to serve this bread on New Year's morning. A coin is placed in the bread while baking, and when served, the person who finds the coin is said to have good luck for the year. It still makes a wonderful breakfast bread to be served anytime! The aroma that fills your home while baking this recipe is heavenly! It is an all-day process to make this bread, but it is worth it! For Greeks, this is a bread version of Vasilopita, not the dessert cake variety.
Provided by Kathryn Dietz
Categories Breakfast and Brunch Breakfast Bread Recipes
Time 5h46m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Mix orange juice, water, and cinnamon in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave until the mixture registers 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) on an instant-read thermometer, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stir yeast into the orange juice mixture. Let stand until yeast is creamy and frothy, about 45 minutes.
- Combine sugar and margarine in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until creamy. Add eggs; beat on high speed for 30 seconds. Mix in yeast mixture and orange zest until well combined.
- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Add gradually to the mixture in the stand mixer, mixing with a bread hook until a soft, sticky dough forms, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a large glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 2 to 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 round cake pans.
- Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Put 1 wrapped coin in each piece; knead for 2 to 3 minutes and shape into a ball. Place 1 ball of dough in each cake pan. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise until puffy, 2 to 4 hours more.
- Whisk egg white and vanilla together in a small bowl. Brush over the top of dough.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out with a few crumbs attached, 30 to 55 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.6 calories, Carbohydrate 36.1 g, Cholesterol 62 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 694.6 mg, Sugar 34.4 g
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