Kozunak (Bulgarian Easter Bread)

Name: Kozunak (Bulgarian Easter Bread)
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 600 g flour; 150 g sugar; 100 g butter; 3 pcs eggs; 200 ml warm milk; 7 g dry yeast; 1 pc lemon zest; 1 tsp vanilla; 80 g raisins

🍳 CookingБГ

Prep90 min

Cook40 min

Total130 min

The quintessential Bulgarian Easter sweet bread – soft, enriched with eggs and butter, beautifully braided and golden.

Ingredients

Serves:10

600 g flour
150 g sugar
100 g butter
3 pcs eggs
200 ml warm milk
7 g dry yeast
1 pc lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla
80 g raisins

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

414kcal · per serving

9.4g

Protein

69.3g

Carbs

11.1g

Fat

Recipe total: 4143 kcal · P 93.6g · C 693.1g · F 111.3g

Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

1
Activate yeast in warm milk with 1 tbsp sugar; let foam.
2
Beat eggs with remaining sugar and softened butter.
3
Mix flour with vanilla and lemon zest; combine with egg mixture and yeast.
4
Knead into a soft dough; rise 1.5 hours.
5
Fold in raisins, divide and braid or twist.
6
Place in greased pans; rise 30 minutes, then bake at 170°C for 40 minutes.
7
Cool on a rack before slicing.

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