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Babee’s Easter Bread

A braided sesamecoated loaf with three slices cut away and leaned against it alongside four brightred Easter eggs.
Photo by Dayna Smith

Easter was a big baking holiday in our family. Our grandmother, Babee, would start baking for Easter three days in advance and would take over both her upstairs and downstairs kitchens baking for the holiday. The most important thing she baked for the Sunday feast was her traditional Greek Easter bread. Our favorite part was helping her brush the egg wash on the loaves.

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