Slippery, sticky, yellow dough. Exotic saffron. Raisins. Old coffee tins and pretty loaf pans. Generations of women’s hands kneading, shaping, tasting. This is something I want to pass onto our children, especially now that their great-grandma has passed. She would have been 99 this fall!
I thought I’d share my grandmother’s original recipe (you can see her recipe card there in the photo below), as well as an updated version that subs a few ingredients such as unrefined sugar. Grab the printable Grandma’s Paska PDF to print out the recipe or tuck it away in your recipe folder on your computer.
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This post was shared as a part of Thank Goodness It’s Monday, Fat Tuesday, and Real Food Wednesday.
Hi, I can’t tell in the pdf version where the sourdough comes in. I would think that if you are using a sourdough starter that the yeast would be omitted.
Hi Michele,
You are completely correct. I didn’t end up sharing the sourdough version this time – all my photos were from the yeast version, and rather than spend time taking new photos, I decided to just enjoy being present in baking our batch this year (which was yeast based anyway since I am without a starter right now). Thanks for catching that – and for stopping in!
My recipe is huge, always lots to share! It also seems to have more eggs than most.
Paska
3 pkg. yeast – or 7 tablespoons
4 cups sugar
16 eggs
1 cup margarine
1 tsp salt
juice and rind of one lemon
juice and rind of 1 orange
3 cups scalded milk
8 cups flour
Soften yeast in 1 cup water and 2 tsp. sugar
Beat eggs well and add sugar – beat well. Add the rest of the ingredients slowly ending with the yeast. Mix well and then add flour as needed (around 8 to 10 more cups)
for a soft dough. Let rise, punch down, let rise again and put into well greased pans. Bake at 325 for 1 hour. Yield – 12 paskas.
Thanks for sharing your recipe! Might try to make some this year. Mmmm.