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Sweet yeast bread

Sweet Yeast Bread

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A simple, reliable recipe for a sweet yeast bread, ideal for celebrations like Easter.

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Category: Pastries and cakes. Yield: 1 yeast loaf (about 1000 g). Preparation time: about 1.5 to 2 hours. Time before serving: ideally cooled. Difficulty level: easy.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodoven
  • Estimated cost$2.31 $2.31 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

1 servings
  • $0.35
  • $0.32
  • $0.03
  • $0.30
  • $0.28
  • $0.08
  • $0.05
  • $0.11
  • $0.79

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Bring all the ingredients to room temperature. ≈ 3 min
  2. Melt the butter or margarine. ≈ 3 min
  3. Mix the lukewarm milk, sugar, vanilla, oil and melted butter. ≈ 4 min
  4. Crumble in the yeast and let it rest in a warm place for about 15 minutes (until the dough doubles in volume).
  5. Sift about 400 g of flour into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. ≈ 2 min
  6. Add one egg and the yeast mixture to the well, then mix all the ingredients to form a dough. ≈ 4 min
  7. Gradually knead in the remaining flour until you have a workable dough. ≈ 10 min
  8. Divide the dough into three pieces of roughly equal weight and roll them into long strands. ≈ 10 min
  9. Braid the loaf starting from the middle, in both directions, for an even look. ≈ 3 min
  10. Place the braid on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let it rest, covered, for about 30 minutes in a warm place.
  11. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top and bottom heat).
  12. Brush the dough with a mixture of egg yolk and cream or water. ≈ 4 min
  13. Cover the loaf with pearl sugar. ≈ 3 min
  14. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden. Check doneness with a skewer.
  15. If the bread gets too dark, cover it with parchment paper to prevent overbaking. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Sweet Yeast Bread

  • 1 egg$0.35
  • 1 egg yolk$0.32
  • 2 tbsp water or infant formula milk$0.03
  • 300 ml lukewarm milk$0.30
  • 80 g butter or margarine$0.28
  • 20 ml oil$0.08
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar$0.05
  • 100 g sugar$0.11
  • 600 g flour$0.79

Total$2.31

that's $2.31 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tbsp water or infant formula milk
  • 300 ml lukewarm milk
  • 80 g butter or margarine
  • 20 ml oil
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 100 g sugar
  • 600 g flour
  • 1/2 packet fresh yeast

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