The best recipes for lamb for Easter, which will be like grandma’s. Get inspired!

The tradition of baking an Easter lamb from dough is said to have originated in the fact that real, meaty lamb used to be used on wealthier tables, and others would replace it in this way.

Whether it was so or not, the fact remains that today the Easter table is rarely without a baked and decorated lamb.

How to prepare such sweet lamb? Get inspired by our recipes!

Easter lamb in a mug

Don’t like weighing out ingredients because it only delays you? Try preparing a quick recipe for a simple potted lamb.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 1 pinch of lemon peel
• 0.5 cup of oil
• 2 tablespoons of rum
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2.5 cups of semi-coarse flour
• pinch of salt
• a cup of milk
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar

Method

1. Beat the eggs in milk.
2. Mix the flour with baking powder, salt, vanilla and semolina sugar and lemon zest.
3. Pour the milk and eggs into the loose mixture, add oil, rum and make a smooth dough.
4. Pour the dough into a greased and floured mold.
5. Place in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for about 40-50 minutes.
6. Remove the baked lamb from the oven and let the form cool.
7. Only then do we turn out the mug lamb and cover it with chocolate or lemon glaze or just sugar it.

Bishop’s Easter lamb

If you like candied fruit, try making lamb with candied fruit , you will definitely love it. Moreover, the preparation is very simple.

Ingredients

• 2 cups semi-coarse flour
• 1 baking powder
• 1 cup of sugar
• lemon zest from half a lemon
• 0.5 cup of milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of raisins
• chopped candied fruit
• chopped nuts
• 1 tablespoon of chopped chocolate

Method

1. Mix the flour with baking powder, sugar and lemon zest.
2. Pour the milk in which we boiled the whole eggs into the mixture and mix everything well.
3. Mix raisins, candied fruit, nuts and chocolate into the mixture.
4. Mix and pour into a greased and filled mold.
5. Bake in a heated oven at 180°C for about 50 minutes.
6. Take it out of the oven and let it cool.
7. Finally, we can cover with chocolate glaze and decorate with grated chocolate.

Real cottage cheese Easter lamb

Try this year’s popular cottage cheese dough, which everyone will like , because it is not dry at all.

Ingredients

• 250 g semi-coarse flour
• 3 eggs
• 250 g of low-fat cottage cheese
• 200 g of granulated sugar
• 1/2 bag of baking powder
• 250 g of softened butter
• 50 g of walnuts
• lemon peel

Method

1. Beat the butter and cottage cheese well with eggs and sugar.
2. Add sifted flour, baking powder, walnut kernels and lemon zest to the mixture.
3. Grease the lamb mold and sprinkle with flour.
4. Then fill the mold with the prepared dough and close it.
5. Bake the lamb in a heated oven at 180°C for about 45-50 minutes.
6. Immediately after removing the lamb from the oven, turn it over, sprinkle it with sugar and decorate it with a bow.

Sponge cake lamb for Easter

A classic version of the Easter lamb, which you can decorate after baking with either a light or dark glaze or a dusting of powdered sugar.

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 250 g of granulated sugar
• 125 g plain flour
• 125 g semi-coarse flour
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• 120 ml of sunflower oil

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
2. Beat the eggs into a whisk and beat them into a fluffy foam.
3. Then add the sugar and continue beating for about three to four minutes.
4. Pour in the oil and beat for a while.
5. Mix the flour and baking powder and mix them into the sweet egg mixture in parts.
6. Pour the mixed mixture into the lamb mold, which we have previously greased very thoroughly with oil and sprinkled with semi-coarse flour.
7. Place the mold in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 180 °C and bake for another 30 minutes.
8. Take the mold out of the oven.
9. Let it cool completely, then carefully turn it out.
10. We can decorate with egg white frosting.

Easter lamb with coconut

Coconut dough gives the pastry softness and suppleness, and white coconut is also ideal for decorating the lamb with a sweet coat.

Ingredients

• 250 g semi-coarse flour
• 200 g of softened butter
• 180 g of powdered sugar
• 1 vanilla sugar
• 3 eggs
• 250 g of cottage cheese
• 100 ml of lukewarm milk
• 1 baking powder

Finishing ingredients

• 50 g of butter
• 50 g of powdered sugar
• 100 g of grated coconut
• two raisins

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar and eggs.
3. Add cottage cheese, milk and gradually flour with baking powder. Mix well.
4. Pour the batter into a greased and floured lamb tin.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool a little. Carefully turn out of the mold and leave to cool completely.
6. For the glaze, beat the butter with the sugar and rub the mixture over the lamb. Wrap perfectly in coconut and stick two raisins on the head as eyes. Leave to harden in a cool place.

Walnut lamb with drunken raisins

Ingredients

• 140 g of softened butter
• 200 g of granulated sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• 100g ground walnuts
• 250 g plain flour
• 1 baking powder
• 1 vanilla sugar
• pinch of salt
• 100 ml of milk
• 50 g of raisins soaked overnight in rum

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter with the sugar and gradually add the egg yolks.
3. Add the ground nuts, flour, baking powder, vanilla sugar, milk, raisins and the rest of the rum and mix.
4. Beat egg whites and a pinch of salt until stiff and carefully mix into the dough.
5. Pour the batter into a greased and floured lamb tin.
6. Bake for about 45 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool a little. Carefully turn out of the mold and leave to cool completely.

Carrot lamb for Easter

Carrot puddings have experienced a big boom in recent years. Try this dough for traditional lamb too, you won’t regret it !

Ingredients

• 300 g semi-coarse flour (you can use whole wheat)
• 1 baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 300 g grated carrot
• juice of half a lemon
• 50 g ground nuts
• 100 ml of honey
• 2 eggs
• 150 g of plain yogurt

Method

Watch the carrot lamb video tutorial:

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Easter lamb from whipped cream

Ingredients

• 350 g semi-coarse flour
• 1 baking powder
• 200 g of granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 250 ml of whipped cream
• lemon zest and juice of 1 lemon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until foamy.
3. Add the cream, flour, baking powder and lemon zest and juice and mix well.
4. Pour the batter into a greased and floured lamb tin.
5. Bake for about 45 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool a little. Carefully turn out of the mold and leave to cool completely.

There are a number of recipes for Easter lamb , most often they are prepared from breaded, sponge, leavened, whipped cream, custard. We decorate the baked and cooled lamb in different ways. We can sugar it thickly , we can cover it with white or chocolate icing . Both of these methods are the most common.

If we want a highly decorated lamb, we spray it with a decorative tip of curls from whipped cream or egg white snow. We can also stuff the lamb by cutting it in the middle from top to bottom, smearing it with cream and joining it again.

Finally, let’s not forget the colorful ribbon and bell . On a suitable tray, the lamb can come to the table for taste and pleasure.