Cozonac is a traditional sweet bread from Bulgaria and Romania that is usually prepared for Easter and major holidays. It is made from a dough of milk, yeast, eggs, sugar, butter and other ingredients that is allowed to rise before baking. In Bulgaria and Romania, cozonac is flavored with lemon zest and has a similar composition and ingredients to the Italian Panettone, though they differ in shape.

1. University of Agronomic Scriences and
Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest , Romania
Cozonac at Easter
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Cristache Andrei Irinel
Cozonac(Romanian pronunciation) or Kozunak
(Bulgarian pronunciation) , is a traditional Bulgarian
and Romanian sweet leavened bread , which is a type
of Stollen . It is ussually prepared for Easter in Bulgaria
, and mostly for every major holiday (Christmas,
Easter,New Year’s day) in Romania and Moldova.
Cozonac is a sweet bread, into
which milk, yeast, eggs, sugar, butter, and other
ingredients are mixed together and allowed to rise
before baking. In Bulgaria, the kozunak is prepared by
adding lemon zest to the dough mixture, just as the
Romanian version. The Italian Panettone is very similar
to the basic cozonac, the most visible difference being
their shapes.