Rusian Tsoureki Easter bread

 Ingredients 

• 170 gr.sugar(5.9 oz)
• Thin, orange or lemon crust(half orange)
• 80 gr.margarine(or butter)(2.8oz)
• 100 ml.milk(3.3oz)
• 4 eggs
• 40 gr.yeast(1.4oz)
• 600 gr.of all purpose flour(21,1oz)
• 1 tsp baking powder

Preparations:

• Blend the margarine, the sugar and the orange. Then add this blended mixture in a deep bowl, add the milk and 3 eggs, mix for 10 seconds, then add half of the flour, the yeast, the baking powder and mix again.
• Then add the rest of the flour and make a nice dough.
• Put it aside for one hour until it has doubled in size. Afterwards, take the dough, divide the dough into 3 equal parts, and each one of them into 2 more, so you ‘ll have 6 dough balls.
• From every ball make circle, roll the circle into rope. Pinch 3 pieces together on one end to secure, than braid the ropes, pinch  the other end of the ropes to secure the braid.
• Take a baking paper and cover the baking  pan. Preheat the oven at 180 celzious(350 F) degrees.
• Put the braids into the pan, cover it, leave in for half an hour, with a pastry brush, evenly brush the 1 egg over the risen dough.
• Bake for 35 minutes, until it turns golden brown.
• Then decorated with Easter eggs.