Easter bread with raisins and spices

We mix the yeast with the orange juice and a little flour and we let it rest for 20-30 minutes in a warm place. In a pan, we put the remaining flour, spices, raisins, sugar and we mix. We add them to the mixture with the yeast that we have prepare and then we put the milk and the butter. We knead until we have a soft dough. We cover the dough and we leave it in a warm place until it doubles in volume. We shape the tsourekia however we want and we place them in a non-stick baking sheet. We leave them in a warm place to expand. We smear gently with milk (optionally we sprinkle with almond or sesame). We bake at 180 ° C for 30-40 minutes.