SanRemo Bakery's Ed's Italian Sweet Bread

1 hours 5 mins Prep Time

25 mins Cook Time

Written By

Robin Winship

Etobicoke's favourite Italian bakery and a Toronto institution -- SanRemo Bakery -- is known for doling out tarts, cakes, breads, donuts and more! We were all sad to see them close their doors in efforts to help curb the spread of COVID-19 but thankfully the bakery has shared Ed's recipe for Italian sweet bread -- just in time to celebrate Easter!

Check out the original recipe below and make sure to enter in SanRemo's Italian sweet bread challenge on Instagram and tag them for a chance to win a $50 gift card. The contest ends on April 15, 2020. Also check out Ed's tutorial video below for a step-by-step guide on how to make the bread.

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🐣 🥖 sharing a recipe for the first time during this difficult time ❤️ • we hope to make your Easter a lil’ sweeter ☺️ • we call this bread CUCULI 🇮🇹 • • • • don’t forget to enter our IG $50 gift card giveaway 🎁 • • #sanremobakery #bakery #toronto #torontobakery #italianbakery #easter #easterbread #cuculi #italianbread #quarantine #quarantinebaking #recipe #recipes #easterrecipes #pasqua #buonapasqua #panedipasqua #breadrecipe #breadedbraid #eggbread #happyeaster #italianeaster #quarantineeaster #boredinthehouse #quarantinelife #baking #bakingvideo #bakingfromscratch #baker #blogto

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Ingredients

Sweet Bread

2 lbs. (907g) strong white flour
4 oz. (113g) white sugar (extra for topping)
A pinch (0.36g) of salt
100g unsalted butter
2 large eggs
250ml 2% milk
1 1/2 oz (43g) fresh yeast
1 whole orange zest
1 tsp rum flavouring
1 tsp lemon or orange flavouring

Directions

Sweet Bread

7 Steps

Step 1

Place all dry ingredients into your mixer and mix on low speed.
Step 2

Add butter, milk and eggs and mix at medium speed (6-7 minutes). Switch to high speed until dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl.
Step 3

Leave to sit in a bowl for 45 minutes covered with a damp cloth.
Step 4

Cut the dough into 4oz to 6oz pieces. Knead the dough to remove extra air, (test consistency of dough with "window effect"). Let balls sit for 15 minutes.
Step 5

Proof and place on baking sheet.
Step 6

Brush with egg wash and top with a generous amount of sugar on top.
Step 7

Bake at 345 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.