Easter egg bread
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Flour, unsifted |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | pack | Active Dry Yeast |
| ⅔ | cup | Milk |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine |
| 2 | Eggs, room temperature | |
| ½ | cup | Mixed Candied Fruits |
| ¼ | cup | Blanched Almonds, chopped |
| ½ | teaspoon | Anise Seeds |
| Melted Margarine | ||
| 5 | Colored RAW Eggs | |
| Powdered Sugar | ||
| Colored Sprinkles | ||
Directions
In a large bowl, mix 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and yeast. Combine milk and 2 tablespoons margarine in a sauce pan and heat over low heat until warm. (Margarine does not need to be melted). Gradually add to the dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping side occasionally. Add the eggs and / cup of flour, beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. Put on a floured board and kneak until smooth and elastic. Place in a greased bowl and turn one to coat. Cover and let rise for 1 hours. Combine fruit, nuts and seeds. Punch down dough and knead in fruit mixture.
Divide in half and roll each into a 24" long rope and braid loosely to form a ring on a greased cookie sheet. Put the raw eggs in the spaces, cover and let rise until double about 1 hour. Bake 30-35 minutes in a preheated 350oF oven. Cool on rack, frost with powdered sugar and sprinkles.
Source: "The Yankee Kitchen" 04-02-93 (#4) [Deb from Boston]