Better Late Than Never: My Homely Pane Di Pasqua

By the time the Pane di Pasqua was out of the oven tonight, everyone else had gone upstairs and to sleep. So of course,  I had to take a nibble, even though I already was full from our Easter feast of lamb chops, brisket and grilled carrots, which I washed down with some Pinot Noir.

I was inspired to make these because there was a recipe in our church bulletin this morning. Of course, by the time I was ready to bake, hours later, and I could not find the bulletin. But the internet is full of recipes so I found one  here.  My handiwork looks nothing like the one on the website.

See what I mean? First, we didn't have enough eggs to do add the decorative colored eggs. Besides which, while it looks cool, I have always felt  like adding colored hard boiled eggs to a loaf of bread was a waste of perfectly good eggs. And then, I use whole wheat flour, not white, and I didn't have any colored sprinkles laying around. Oh, and another thing: I can't braid bread dough that well.

No matter. I am betting my two humble loaves of bread are gone within 48 hours. Tops. Two teenaged boys live here, after all!

Happy Easter to you - the whole blessed octave.