Mini Paska Easter Bread Recipe is a sweet bread and goes by the name Kulich. This recipe makes mini breads that happen to be baked in disposable foam cups.
Paska Easter Bread Recipe (Kulich)
As easy as it may sound and look, rising is the most time consuming part of the making. Since this is a “sweet” bread the sugar and yolks weigh down the rising process.The foam cups are a brilliant idea and are totally safe to use in the oven (if they can tolerate HOT tea than they can tolerate some oven heat) not to mention how easy clean up is. I highly recommend making these semi-sweet mini breads even if you have never dealt with making Easter bread before because this recipe is very easy going.
Ingredients for Mini Paska Easter Bread Recipe:
GLAZE:
- 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 3-4 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
- colored sprinkles for garnish
How to make Mini Paska Easter Bread Recipe
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the warm milk, 1 tbsp of yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar; allow mixture to sit for 15 minutes.
2. Then add the yolks, sour cream, melted butter, 1 cup of sugar, oil, salt and vanilla sugar to the yeast mixture, whisking well to incorporate everything.
3. Add 3 cups of flour to the yeast mixture and knead dough over low speed adding remaining flour until the dough has formed. Once dough has formed knead for 5 minutes over medium speed. (Dough will be slightly tacky yet indents can be easily made when poking.)
4. Cover dough and allow to rise for 2-3 hours in a very warm place or until doubled in size. (Your dough shouldn’t rise super fast so don’t worry if it’s taking very slow.)
5. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and slightly pat into a rectangular shape. Sprinkle dough with raisins and lightly knead into a ball dusting a little more flour to form a smooth ball.
6. Spray 10 (10 oz) disposable foam cups with cooking spray and lightly flour each cup. Place cups onto a large baking sheet and scoop out 1/2 a cup of dough. Shape dough into balls then place into each cup. (Cups should be half way full of dough and makes about 10 balls.)
7. Cover cups with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise until doubled in size or until dough reaches almost the rim of the cup (2-3 hours.)
8. When dough has doubled in size place in a preheated 350 degrees F oven and bake for 40-45 minutes or until nicely browned.
9. Allow breads to cool in cups for 4 minutes then run a sharp knife around the sides. Tip over and lightly squeeze the bottom of the cup for the bread to pop out. Repeat until bread removes, do not pull bread out.
10. Whisk together the glaze adding more water if needed. (A little goes a big way so please add the water and milk by tbsp until desired consistency.) Glaze warm breads and sprinkle with colored sugar.
Paska Easter Bread Recipe (Kulich)
Ingredients
- DOUGH:
- 1 1/4 cup warm milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 6 tbsp butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla sugar
- 4 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup raisins
- GLAZE:
- 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp water
- 3-4 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
- colored sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together the warm milk, 1 tbsp of yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar; allow mixture to sit for 15 minutes.
- Then add the yolks, sour cream, melted butter, 1 cup of sugar, oil, salt and vanilla sugar to the yeast mixture, whisking well to incorporate everything.
- Add 3 cups of flour to the yeast mixture and knead dough over low speed adding remaining flour until the dough has formed. Once dough has formed knead for 5 minutes over medium speed. (Dough will be slightly tacky yet indents can be easily made when poking.)
- Cover dough and allow to rise for 2-3 hours in a very warm place or until doubled in size. (Your dough shouldn't rise super fast so don't worry if it's taking very slow.
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface and slightly pat into a rectangular shape. Sprinkle dough with raisins and lightly knead into a ball dusting a little more flour to form a smooth ball.
- Spray 10 (10 oz) disposable foam cups with cooking spray and lightly flour each cup. Place cups onto a large baking sheet and scoop out 1/2 a cup of dough. Shape dough into balls then place into each cup. (Cups should be half way full of dough and makes about 10 balls.)
- Cover cups with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise until doubled in size or until dough reaches almost the rim of the cup (2-3 hours.)
- When dough has doubled in size place in a preheated 350 degrees F oven and bake for 40-45 minutes or until nicely browned.
- Allow breads to cool in cups for 4 minutes then run a sharp knife around the sides. Tip over and lightly squeeze the bottom of the cup for the bread to pop out. Repeat until bread removes, do not pull bread out.
- Whisk together the glaze adding more water if needed. (A little goes a big way so please add the water and milk by tbsp until desired consistency.) Glaze warm breads and sprinkle with colored sugar.
