271053 Mon Mar 15 15:54:17 -0800 2004 2 17 What's My Craving? 0 1427889 Does anyone know of a good bakery for Italian Easter bread (sweet bread, usually with a hard-boiled egg baked into it)? I tried the Easter bread at Regina Bakery last year, but it was too dry. I desperately need to find soft, delicious, eggy bread like my Italian grandmother used to make. (Oh, why didn't I get the recipe from her before she passed away?!?) Anyway, if anyone knows such a place in Manhattan or Brooklyn, I would be eternally grateful. Mon Mar 15 15:54:17 -0800 2004 0 parkslopemama 1 1427892 I know of 2 good places although I haven't been there in a long time Mona Lisa on 86th St and I think it's near 18th Ave (It's not too far away from Outback, you can't miss it. The place takes up the whole block) and Cuccio's on Ave X and East 1st St. I'm not a big fan of Easter Bread, but I used to eat it if it came from one of those places. Mon Mar 15 20:46:29 -0800 2004 1427889 0 Goldielocks372 1 1430561 The Italian Name : Buba cu l'Uova (Easter Egg Baskets) Family Recipe: 5 cups sifted flour 1 cup sugar 5 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 Teaspoon salt 1 cup shortening 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup milk 1 dozen eggs raw & colored Frosting: 1 1-pound box confectioner sugar 1/4 cup shortening Water or milk 1 tsp almond extract Multicolored sprinkles Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease twelve sectioned muffin pan. In a large bowl sift together flour,sugar, baking powder & salt. Cut in shortening until mixture is coarse like cornmeal. Make a well in cente; dropin eggs vanilla & milk min until dough is smooth and cleans the side of the bowl. Gather up with fingers; form into ball. Turn dough onto lightly floured board; roll out on a large sheet, 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough in 12 rounds to fit the muffin cups, about 3 inches in diameter. Cut 24 3-inch strips from the dough for the basket handles. Line cups with the rounds, pressing gently with fingers to fit cups. Place 1 raw colored egg in center of each cup. Place 2 strips criss-cross fashion, over each egg, pressing strip ends over rounds to seal edges. Bake until lightly browned --15 to 20 minutes. Cool 5 to 10 minutes before removing from muffin pan. Combine confectioners sugar with 1/4 cup shortening and enough water or milk to make a smooth apste. Froast Baskets, and decorate sides handles with the spinkles. Using some frosting you can pipe names of the person on baskets with a pastry tube and writing tip. This recipe yields 1 dozen baskets God Bless you dearly! Tue Feb 15 11:03:25 -0800 2005 1427889 0 Jen