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Mom’s Vánočka Recipe

By cooklikeczechs.com

Mom’s Vánočka Recipe

Prep:20minCook:55min

This recipe is for my mom’s Vánočka, Czech Christmas bread. Whenever she bakes it, everyone is eager to grab a piece—or better, two!

Updated at: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:52:10 GMT

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Ingredients

1 servings

3 ⅔ cupsall-purpose flour

plain flour, Czech hladká mouka

⅔ cupgranulated sugar

1 stickunsalted butter

2 ½ teaspoonsactive dry yeast

1 Tablespoonrum

Austrian brand Stroh

½ teaspoonvanilla extract

1 Tablespoonlemon zest

½ teaspoonsalt

1 cupblanched almonds

⅔ cupraisins

1 teaspoonrum

¼ cupblanched almonds

2 Tablespoonspowdered sugar

Instructions

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Special occasion

Sweet

Amber Kenny· 2 days ago

Special occasion

Lovely recipe! Braiding it properly takes a while, so make sure you leave time for that. Kneading is also hard work - you really need to do at least 10 mins as it'll turn out crumbly otherwise. I replaced Raisins with chopped dates and that worked fine. Baked according to the instructions, but I would say it was a little overdone, so I'll maybe do 5 mins less next time.