Portuguese 5-Egg Easter Bread

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I have followed this recipe to the point and this is the second year we make it. Last year I cut the recipe in half and everybody wanted more. I am finding that this year it was a lot easier. We dyed all the eggs that will be placed on the bread. I made the full recipe this year and I can't wait to eat it in the morning. We are doming down to our final hour before we divide all the dough into the five pans. This is definitely time consuming but it has served as well spent time with my children. They love to help in the kitchen, especially when it comes to baking. I will let everyone know how it comes out in the morning, but with an EMERIL recipe I have never gone wrong!

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This is a great recipe that reminds me of the bread my family was given to eat by our Portuguese neighbors when I was growing up. Fyi you do not cook the eggs beforehand the will bake in the oven, they come out like a hard boiled egg. I have also braided a loaf and cooked it on parchment paper and it turned out well.

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awesome receipe! my 11yr old son loves it!

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I halved this recipe, followed everything yet the dough did not rise! Checked the date on my yeast, that was good. What happened?

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I wondered about the eggs as well. Do you cook them ahead of time or do they cook with the bread? I have seen some Easter bread with colored eggs in it whichis very pretty. If uncooked eggs, can they be washed and colored before they are cooked? I haven't tried it but am rating for the recipe. I was confused reading about the differnt pans as well. I think that after letting it rise and punched down and then rise again, I think it must be taken out of the individual pans and put together and put in the eggs and let it raise a bit and then bake it.

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Do you precook the eggs that go on top? And I don't understand the rising in the pans -- how do you get all that dough to fit in one pan to look like in the picture? I know I am missing something but I don't know what. Any help/clarification would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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My Family loved this bread!! It came out a little undercooked in the middle with so much dough but everyone liked it that way. they dug out the gooey parts first then went for the rest. it will totally be a new tradtion in my family now!!!!

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my mom and i love baking. we are portuguese and to say the truth this is a very good portuguese resipe. i loved it

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What size bread pan do you use? I am so eager to make it but I want to make sure that I have the right equipment. Thanks in advance for any help.

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My Mother and her 5 sisters made this bread every Easter as well as thru the year. We enjoy it with peanut butter on Easter morning with our coffee. Soo good. The only thing different my mother did was to add "3 Fistfulls" of whisky into the dough while kneading it. She said it warmed up the yeast. Gives it such a nice flavor and makes the bread moist. She also buttered her eggs when she put them in on the last rise.