Easter Bread (Denise's)

By michellecresta

M -
I'm assuming you mean a paska recipe?? if so -- here's mine - it makes about
6 paska or so depending on the size of the pan you bake it in.

Ingredients

• 12 cups flour (Michelle uses 10 cups)
• 1/2 lb crisco and 1/2 lb butter or oleo ( 1 lb. total)(Michelle uses part crisco and part margarine)
• 3/4 cup sugar (Michelle uses 1 cup sugar)
• 1 T salt
• 1 can evaporated milk + enough water to make 1 quart (scald and let cool)(equiv to 2 cups evap milk and 2 cups water—4 cups = 1 qt)(Michelle uses either 1 can evap milk and 1 can water OR 1 can (14 oz)
• 6 eggs beaten
• 1 cake household yeast (put in cup and add 1 T sugar - mix and let liquefy) (or 2 yeast pack with warm water)
• -heat oven to 200'
• -mix dry ingredients
• -scald milk and let sit to cool
• -beat eggs
• -liquefy yeast

Preparation

Step 1

* mix dry ingredients with shortening
*when milk cooled -add beaten eggs (milk should be slightly hot-eggs will
cool)
*make well in dry ingred., add milk mixture, and then add liquefied yeast
*knead in pan 10 minutes
*turn off oven and remove all racks except bottom rack
*cover pan with cloth and put in oven and raise for 1 1/2 hours
*punch dough all the way down, cover and let raise again for 1 hour

---pan into well greased pans - decorate if want
---bake at 325' for approx. 45 minutes
---wipe baked tops with crisco for shine
---let in pans approx. 10 minutes and then remove to cool

ENJOY --- love, denise

add to paska recipe --


**after you "pan" the dough in the pans -- wipe tops with egg-wash mixture
so they don't burn --just beat an egg with some water and i just use my hand and wipe the whole top of the dough--

any questions -- call me -d