Cozonac

kozunak, kozinjak, colac, козунак

Cozonac (romanian: [kozoˈnak]) or kozunak (bulgarian: козунак [kozuˈnak]) is a special sweet leavened bread, traditional to southeastern europe, romania, bulgaria and serbia, north macedonia, greece, etc. rich in eggs, milk and butter, it is usually prepared for easter in romania, serbia, bulgaria, and mostly for every major holiday (christmas, easter, new year's day) in romania and moldova. the name comes from the bulgarian word for hair-коса/kosa, or greek: ϰοσωνάϰι kosōnáki, a diminutive form of ϰοσώνα kosṓna.cozonac was the sweet chosen to represent romania in the café europe initiative of the austrian presidency of the european union, on europe day 2006.

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