Artos bread is a deeply symbolic offering in the Orthodox Christian tradition, often prepared and brought to church during services of artoklasia โ a ritual of blessing for health and well-being. This traditional Greek artos recipe is delicately flavored with anise seeds and ouzo, resulting in a subtly aromatic, soft, and delicious loaf.
Sprinkled with powdered sugar and lightly misted with rose water after baking, it captures both reverence and celebration. A beautiful and meaningful bread ideal for any religious feast, name day, or church ceremony.
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Greek Prosphora Bread (Offering Bread)
20
servings15
minutes25
minutes471
kcal1
hour20
minutesTraditional Greek artos bread for Orthodox church offerings, delicately flavored with anise and ouzo. Light, soft, and dusted with powdered sugar โ perfect for fasting and sacred occasions.
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Ingredients
2000 g 70.5 oz All purpose flour
1300 g 45.9 oz Water, lukewarm
100 g 3.5 oz Fresh yeast
150 g 5.3 oz Seed oil
300 g 10.6 oz Sugar
40 g 1.4 oz Ouzo
40 g 1.4 oz Anise seeds
30 g 1.1 oz Salt
100 g 3.5 oz Icing sugar
Rose water
Extra flour for kneading
How to make the Greek Prosphora Bread
- Preparing the Sourdough Starter
- Add 1 1/2 tsp of the sugar in a bowl. Add the fresh yeast, some water, some of the flour and mix well.
- Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Making the Bread Dough
- Transfer the sourdough to a big bowl. Add the remaining sugar, water and mix.
- Add the seed oil, anise seeds into the bowl and mix.
- Gradually add the flour while mixing.
- Add the ouzo, salt and knead for about 5 minutes.
- Set the dough aside for about 40 minutes.
- Kneading the bread
- Sprinkle some flour on a wooden surface. Transfer the dough on the floured surface and knead a bit.
- Cut four pieces of 14 oz (400 g) each. Set the remaining large piece of the dough aside.
- Knead all the dough pieces slightly and shape them into rounds.
- Place each dough into round baking pans lined with parchment paper. Press the dough gently to fit in the baking pans.
- Spray some water on the dough.
- Preheat the oven to 340 F (170 C) air. Bake the smaller pieces for 20-25 minutes and the big one for about 45-50 minutes.
- Set the bread aside to cool.
- Spray some rose water on the bread and sprinkle icing sugar on top.
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Nutrition Facts
20 servings per container
- Amount Per ServingCalories471
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat
2.6g
3%
- Saturated Fat 0.4g 0%
- Cholesterol 0mg 0%
- Sodium 588mg 26%
- Potassium 237mg 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
99.2g
36%
- Dietary Fiber 4g 15%
- Total Sugars 20.2g
- Protein 12.6g 24%
- Calcium 33mg 3%
- Iron 6mg 34%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.