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Pane di Pasqua (Italian Easter bread)

 The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine Happy Easter to everybody! To celebrate I want to propose a fantastic soft bread recipe, the Italian Ester Bread with coloured eggs: Il pane di Pasqua or Pizza di Pasqua. I use to make it for the Italian "Pranzo di Pasqua" the traditional Ester family lunch on the Ester Sunday. You can use coloured eggs or normal boiled eggs. The dough is the same I use for the Poppy Seeds and Sesame Bread you need one dose for one Easter bread. Enjoy preparing this funny bread and share it with your family and friends! Easter bread with coloured eggs ;) .... and with normal eggs ;) Ingredients for 1 bread: 1 dose of dough for Poppy Seeds and Sesame Bread 6 coloured boiled eggs (or boiled normal eggs) 1 beaten egg for the glaze 1 tbs milk 2 tbs sesam seeds Instructions: Prepare your dough as for the Poppy Seeds and Sesame Bread. Once ready, preheat the oven on ...

Ciambelline al vino (Italian wine biscuits)

  The recipe for these delicious wine biscuits is simple and easy, you just need to mix oil and wine with flour and sugar! Once these desserts start baking, they will warm your kitchen and delight your friend or family. These ciambelline are perfect when served at the end of a meal, with a sweet Italian wine liqueur like Passito, Moscato or Vin Santo. Makes about 30 biscuits Ingredients: 500gr pastry flour 1 small glass of olive oil 1 small glass of Italian dry white wine 180gr granulated sugar 2 teaspoons of baking powder (optional) A small cup of granulated sugar for decoration Method: In a bowl combine all ingredients together until it forms a soft dough, devide the dough into small pieces, roll each piece into a rope and pinch the edges together to form a ring Dip one side in sugar. bake on a baking sheet in a preheated oven for 10 -15 minutes. The ciambelline are ready when the top turns lightly brown...buon appetito!