In many European countries, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, there are various traditions surrounding the use of bread during the Easter holidays. Traditionally the practice of eating Easter bread or sweetened "communion" bread traces its origin back to Byzantium, Eastern Catholicism and the Orthodox Christian church. The recipe for sweetened or "honey-leavened" bread may date back as far as the Homeric Greek period based on anecdotal evidence from classical texts.
surrounding the use of bread during the Easter holidays. Traditionally the practice of eating Easterbread or sweetened "communion" bread traces its origin...
Traditional Italian sweet bread Paska (bread) – Easterbread native to Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine List of sweet breads Enriched breads and yeasted cakes are...
Greek tsoureki holiday breads including a round Christmas loaf with a cross decoration called Christopsomo, a braided Easterbread with whole dyed eggs...
Resurrection of Jesus. Colomba di Pasqua (English: "Easter Dove") is an Italian traditional Easterbread, the Easter counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas...
sweet bread eaten at Easter. It often has a cross marked on top. In South Africa, hot cross buns are typically eaten with pickled fish during the Easter season...
and is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or...
Kulich is the Russian name for Easterbread. For the eastern Slavs, festive bread was round and tall, and dough decorations were made on top of it. The...
in Romania Easter basket, general diffusion Easter biscuit, in England Easterbread, general diffusion Easter bunny, general diffusion Easter eggs, general...
much older date, containing among the Easter Blessings of Food, one for eggs, along with those for lamb, bread, and new produce. Lord, let the grace of...
the Easter table together with the Easter dinner consisting of roasted lamb, a salad called Easter salad (lettuce with cucumbers), and a sweet bread called...
Romanian version. In North Macedonia, the Macedonians for Easter traditionally bake a sweet bread called with sultanas and raisins in the shape of a girl's...
Easter, central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year Paskha, an Easter dish served in several Slavic countries Paska (bread), an Easter bread...
Banana bread is a type of sweet bread made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist and sweet quick bread but some recipes are yeast raised. Bananas appeared...
Pasqua (Italian: [koˈlomba di ˈpaskwa]) (lit. 'Easter dove') is an Italian traditional Easterbread, the Easter counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas...
variations of tiramisu exist. Some cooks use other cakes or sweet, yeasted bread, such as panettone, in place of ladyfingers (savoiardi). Bakers living in...
traditionally piada), piadina fritta Pita – typical bread of Catanzaro Pitta di patate Pizza di Pasqua (lit. 'Easter pizza') – a rustic pizza with cheese and pepper...
sweet breads. Sweet bread, also referred to as pan dulce, buns, or coffee bread, is a bread or cake that is typically sweet in flavor. Some sweet breads, such...
Pinca (also pogača, sirnica or pinza or Osterpinze) is a variety of Easterbread native to Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. It is particularly popular...
different types of holiday tsoureki breads, including Christmas bread, the New Year's vasilopita and the braided Easterbread called cheoreg in Armenian and...
fast until the Sunday following (the Sunday of Unleavened Bread), wishing to associate Easter with Sunday. Neither Polycarp nor Anicetus persuaded the...
The pizza di Pasqua (lit. 'Easter pizza'), in some areas also called crescia di Pasqua, torta di Pasqua, torta al formaggio or crescia brusca, is a leavened...
casatiéllo; Italian: casatello) is a leavened savory bread originating from Naples prepared during the Easter period. Its basic ingredients are flour, lard,...
shape braided bread traditionally prepared for the Passover is called "rucilatieggh". Do not know the origin of the custom of the Easterbread, unique among...
kipferl is a traditional yeast bread roll that is rolled and formed into a crescent before baking. It is a common type of bread roll throughout much of central...
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brick or stone ovens were used to bake bread. Because the ovens took a long time to cool down after baking bread, bakers often took advantage of their...
dulce de tres leches, also known as pan tres leches (lit. 'three-milk bread') or simply tres leches, is a sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk:...
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