Name: Lemon Easter Bread Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ¾ cup warm water; 2 tbsp warm water; 2 tbsp butter; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp lemon extract; 3½ cups bread flour; ½ cup white sugar; 1 tbsp active dry yeast

Lemon Easter Bread Recipe

Joseph Wade Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Lemon Easter Bread

Serve a wonderful holiday dish with this lemon easter bread. Made in a bread machine, the dough bakes into a soft and light bread that’s perfectly brown.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Rise Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

¾cupwarm water,(100 degrees F)
2tbspwarm water,(100 degrees F)
2tbspbutter,softened
2eggs,at room temperature
2tbsplemon extract
3½cupsbread flour
½cupwhite sugar
1tbspactive dry yeast

Instructions

Pour both amounts of warm water into a bread machine and add butter, eggs, lemon extract, bread flour, sugar, and yeast in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough setting and start the machine.
Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans.
Remove dough when the cycle is finished, then cut dough into 3 equal-sized pieces.
Roll each piece into a ball and place into a prepared cake pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake loaves in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned.