01/04/2026
Freshly baked homemade tsoureki 🤍✨
Soft, fluffy, and filled with those beautiful traditional aromas of mahlepi & mastiha… there’s nothing better!
The smell in the kitchen = pure comfort 🥰
Perfect with your morning coffee or as a sweet treat any time of day ☕️
Made with simple ingredients, lots of love, and just the right touch of tradition 💫
🥖 Tsoureki Recipe (Simple & Traditional)
Ingredients:
• 200g milk (lukewarm)
• 3 eggs
• 200g sugar
• 1 sachet dry yeast (magia)
• 2 cups flour (add more if needed for a soft dough)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Pinch of salt
• Mastiha (ground)
• Mahlepi
Instructions:
1. Activate the yeast
In lukewarm milk, dissolve the yeast with 1 tbsp sugar. Let it sit for 5–10 minutes until foamy.
2. Mix wet ingredients
In a bowl, whisk eggs with sugar until slightly fluffy.
3. Combine everything
Add the yeast mixture, vanilla, mastiha, mahlepi, and salt.
4. Add flour
Gradually add flour and mix until you get a soft, slightly sticky dough.
5. Knead
Knead for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
6. First rise
Cover and let it rise in a warm place for 1–2 hours until doubled in size.
7. Shape
Divide dough, braid into tsourekia, and place on baking paper.
8. Second rise
Let them rest again for 30–45 minutes.
9. Bake
Brush with egg wash and bake at 170–180°C for about 25–30 minutes until golden brown.
