How to Make Greek Bread
There many different types of Greek bread. Artos is a popular holiday (or celebration) bread. There are variations you can use in ingredients and bread shape. Once you have a basic recipe and instructions for making this Greek bread, experiment, creating an original version of your own. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- ½ lb. butter, softened
- 1½ cups sugar
- 6 eggs, beaten
- 2 cakes yeast
- ½ cup milk
- 2 small to medium potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, approximately
- Egg white, beaten
- Pot
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Baking sheet/pan
Instructions
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Mix the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and mix until the mixture is creamy.
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Heat the milk over medium heat on the stove until the milk is warm to the touch. Remove the milk from the stove.
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Place the yeast cakes into the milk and stir until they are dissolved.
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Add the milk mixture to the butter mixture. Mix thoroughly.
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Mix in the mashed potatoes.
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Add flour, a little at a time, until you can work the dough easily with your hands. Do not let the dough get too sticky.
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Smooth the flour over your work surface. Drop the dough onto it and knead it with your hands until it is smooth.
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Form the bread as you desire, into twists, loaves or other configurations. Or leave the bread in a simple round form. Place the bread on a greased cookie sheet.
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Cover the baking pan with a lightweight dish towel and place it in a warm location, such as the top of the stove. Let it rise, until it doubles in size, about one hour.
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Brush a beaten egg white over the top of the Artos bread and garnish as desired, with nuts, sugar, cinnamon or other spices.
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Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake the Greek bread for approximately one hour. When the bread is golden brown on top, it is done. Remove the bread from the oven and the pan to cool.
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Tips & Warnings
Vassilopita is another Greek holiday bread one makes just for New Year's. It is a sweet bread in which a coil or medallion is baked, representing good luck. Horiatiko Psomi is a country bread, still widely made in Greece. It is a thick-crusted, dense bread used in daily meals. Bobata is a cornbread, prepared without eggs, milk or butter. This bread was developed during hard times in Greece. Pita is a familiar Greek bread that forms a pocket within a thin, flat saucer-shaped bread.
