Are you looking for a traditional Easter Bread recipe that you can make the dough in the Bread Machine? Then this is the one for you. I love the colourful Easter Bread but making it by hand is long and I’m busy so adjusting the recipe I had this is a simple alternative that you can make the dough in the bread maker and still have delicious Easter Bread for your Easter Brunch or celebration.

A round Easter bread with dyed eggs baked in on a wooden chopping board with a colourful spring fabric underneath

What is Easter Bread

Easter bread is a traditional bread from Greece and Italy, it’s made from an enriched dough (butter and eggs added) somewhat similar to a brioche. But then it’s twisted and plaited to create a knot. Into the dough dyed eggs are placed that then are baked at the same time the bread does in the oven.

A Easter Bread wreath with dyed eggs on each weave of the bread on a chopping board

It’s really a beautiful colourful bread and tasty as well makes a great centre piece for your Easter table.

A slice from Easter bread on a white plate, the purple dyed egg is in the middle of the slice. The remainder of the bread can be seen in the background of the image.

Ingredients for Easter Bread

This makes 1 loaf

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2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 packet instant yeast

Ingredients for Decorating the Easter Bread

5 uncooked eggs, dyed
2 tablespoons butter, melted.
1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Easter Recipes to Cook and Bake

stack of carrot cake waffles with whipped cinnamon butter on top sprinkled with walnuts and raisins. someone from above is pouring maple syrup on top from a height. All on a white wooden table with a tea towel behind.

cute cupcakes with a orange candy coated strawberry for a carrot stuck in chocolate buttercream frosting with a sprinkle of chocolate cookie crumbs to look like a carrot patch ideal for easter parties and treats

Delicious Easter Blondie bars with chocolate chips and Cadbury's mini-Eggs

How to Make Easter Bread in the Bread Maker

1. Add the bread ingredients in the order listed above to the pan of the bread machine.

wet ingredients for enriched dough in the bread machine

2. Set the machine to the dough setting.

3. When the bread machine is finished, remove the dough from the pan and transfer it to a lightly floured surface. Allow the dough to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.

4. Separate the dough into two equal pieces. Roll each piece into a thin log around 36 inches long.

enriched dough in a long snake on a lightly floured wooden chopping board

5. Transfer each piece of dough to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Secure the ends of each log together and loosely twist the two pieces together into a braid.

6. Secure the ends together to form a circle.

a ring of enriched bread dough on parchment paper waiting to rise

7. Place the dyed eggs into the weave of the braid.

dyed eggs added to a circle of enriched bread dough to create a traditional Easter bread

8. Cover the bread with a damp cloth and allow to rest in a warm place for 45 minutes.

9. When the dough has doubled in size, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and brush the bread with melted butter.

10. Bake the bread in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.

11. Allow to cool, then sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the bread before serving.

Easter Bread with embedded dyed easter eggs and sprinkled with powdered sugar

Yield: 1 Loaf

Easter Bread in Your Bread Machine

Make traditional colourful Easter Bread in your bread machine. With colourful dyed eggs and enriched dough this is a delicious addition to your Easter table.

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Rising Time 3 hours

Total Time 4 hours

Ingredients

Bread Ingredients:

2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
2 ½ cups flour
1 packet instant yeast

Decoration Ingredients

5 uncooked eggs, dyed
2 tablespoons butter, melted.
1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Instructions

Add the bread ingredients in the order listed to the pan of the bread machine.
Set the machine to the dough setting.
When the bread machine is finished, remove the dough from the pan and transfer it to a lightly floured surface. Allow the dough to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
Separate the dough into two equal pieces. Roll each piece into a thin log around 36 inches long.
Transfer each piece of dough to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Secure the ends of each log together and loosely twist the two pieces together into a braid.
Secure the ends together to form a circle.
Place the dyed eggs into the weave of the braid.
Cover the bread with a damp cloth and allow to rest in a warm place for 45 minutes.
When the dough has doubled in size, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and brush the bread with melted butter.
Bake the bread in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.
Allow to cool, then sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the bread before serving.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 198Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 255mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 7g