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Star Wars Italian Easter Egg Bread |
In
Italy it is fairly common for Nonna's to make their grandchildren
Pane di Pasqua aka Easter Bread. It's a delicious treat. The bread is often flavored with lemon and/or anise, is braided, formed into a ring, and has one or more Easter eggs as part of it.
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Star Wars Garlic Cheese Easter Egg Bread |
So using my
basic potato bread recipe, I made my kids
Star Wars Italian Easter Bread. We made two types. The
traditional sweet treat and one that was instead flavored with
garlic and cheese to go with dinner.
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Star Wars Italian Easter Bread |
Instead of baking the
Easter eggs into it, I made egg forms from foil
and parchment paper and used them as placeholders for our
Easter Eggs
after the bread came out of the oven.
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Star Wars Garlic Cheese Italian Easter Bread |
To get whatever type of candy sprinkles to stick to the top one can use either a milk or egg wash on top of the bread, before sprinkling it. As it bakes you may need to place a piece of foil loosely over the top to keep the tops from getting too brown. Buon Appetito!