My Italian family had a saying: "The bread alone!" This meant that a particularly delicious loaf of bread was so good, they thought it could make a meal unto itself. The following photos are of Thistle and me making a traditional Italian bread for Easter. The bread (a slightly sweet dough with cinnamon and sugar) is braided, and colored Easter eggs are pressed into the braided dough for the second rising, prior to baking. I used both red and multicolored eggs in separate loaves; red is more traditional.
First the dough. Thistle had the job of punching it down.
The Blob! Ready to braid, then have a second rising.
Thistle decided to make her own little bread nest for one egg.
Braided bread with red eggs, ready for a second rising.
Braided bread, multicolored eggs, already about a quarter of the way into the second rising.
Ella's bread nest with a rather precarious egg.
The bread alone!
....And the other bread alone!
Thistle loved her bread....and it was very, VERY good! :)
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