3 Holiday Bread

By Treebs

Ingredients

• FROSTING:
• 2 pkg Active Dry Yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water 105 degrees
• 1 1/2 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 8 cups flour
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• Confection sugar
• water
• egg white
• Little candied fruit

Details

Adapted from google images

Preparation

Step 1

1.) Sprinkle yeast on warm water; let it set for a few minutes then mix it. Stir to blend and put in a big bowl. Add milk, sugar, salt, Cardamom, eggs and just two cups of flour and beat it. add 3 more cups of flour and beat until smooth. Stir in melted butter. Add enough flour to dough; cover for 15 minutes.

2.) Turn out flour on a flour board and kneed it until it become like elasticity. Place in a greased bowl and then turn it over with the grease on top; cover with a damp towel and let it rise in 85 degrees temperature setting for about 2 hours, punching it down once or twice in between.

3.) Divide the three into three equal parts then braid it and let rise; about 20 minutes more. Brush with a mixture of egg white and water. Bake on cookie sheet at 375 degrees F. for 20 minutes.

4.) When done, frost.