Easter Kulich

Edaku — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0300

Kulich is the centerpiece of the Orthodox Easter table — a rich, sweet yeasted bread baked once a year, which is part of why it feels so celebratory. Unlike everyday baking, kulich dough is enriched with a generous amount of eggs and butter, which makes it wonderfully tender but also a bit more demanding to work with.

The real secret to a good kulich is patience during proofing. Enriched dough with this much fat rises more slowly than a plain loaf, so there’s no rushing it — the dough needs to fully double at each of its two rises, or the finished kulich comes out dense rather than the light, airy texture it’s meant to have.

Easter Bread on Edaku

Easter Kulich