Paska (easter bread) - makes 4

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
8 cups Flour
2 tablespoons Salt
1 cup Warm water
1 tablespoon Sugar
¼ pounds Butter
½ cup Sugar
2 cups Milk, boiling point
1 each Cake yeast, 1 ounce
3 eaches Eggs

Directions

FROM: GEORGIANA SIBBERSON

BASIC DOUGH

Crumble yeast in ½ cup water and 1 tablespoon sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes. Pour boiling milk over sugar and butter, add balance of water. Cool to lukewarm. Sift flour into bowl, add salt, eggs, milk mixture and yeast. Knead dough until smooth and elastic. Cover.

Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours, in a warm place.

Cheese Dough: 1 cake yeast, 1 ounce 1 pound dry cottage cheese 1 cup yellow raisins 4 egg yolks 1 cup sugar, or less, according to taste 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon rind 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ cup milk 3 cups flour, sifted Crumble yeast in warm milk to which 1 tablespoon sugar hs been added and let stand 5 minutes. Mix cottage cheese with spoon until smooth. Add raisins and yeast mixture. Add unbeaten egg yolks, remaining sugar, salt lemon rind, baking powder and flour, and knead well. Set aside to rise until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours, To assemble: When basic dough has doubled in bulk, turn out onto lightly floured board and shape into four parts. Let stand on board, covered, for about 15 minutes. Take one part of dough and lightly punch around the edge so that the center is elevated.

Take cheese dough and place around the elevated center, then lightly make an opening in the center. Join edges of center with the outside edges, press carefully so that the cheese dough is completely covered. Place into 9 inch tube pan and let rise for about 30 minutes. Cover dough to prevent drying. Just before placing into oven, brush top with egg yolk. Bake for 10 minutes at 325-F, increase temperature to 350-F and bake for 40 minutes. Yield: 4 Paskas. For 2 Paskas, cut recipe in half. Source: Anniversary Slovak-American Cook Book, 8th ed. (Chicago) Tykla Brothers Press, Inc., 1952. Submitted by Anna Norko, Perth Amboy, NJ. Submitted By PAT STOCKETT On 03-10-95

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