Vasilopita is the same basic bread as Tsoureki. Instead of the Easter egg, it has a coin baked in the middle. Tradition says that the person who gets the coin when the bread is sliced gets special good luck for the New Year.
Follow instructions for preparing the dough and shaping bread in the Tsoureki. After the loaves have been shaped, cut a slit in the bottom of each loaf and insert a coin, which has been wrapped in foil.
Continue with the rising and baking instructions in the Tsoureki recipe
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Breads
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- 5 to 6 cups bread flour (Gold Medal Better for Bread®)
- 1/4 tsp mistika (gum mastic)*
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground mahlab (mahlapi)*
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 pkgs fast rising (rapid rise) yeast
- 1 1/3 cups very warm milk (115 to 120 degrees)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Glaze:
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 Tbsp sesame seeds
- 2 red Easter eggs