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[jackie]

Paska - Traditional bread for Easter and Christmas

Ingredients:

3 cups scalded milk
1 cup melted butter
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1/2 cake or 2 pkg yeast
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs (beaten)
1 1/2 cup sugar
12 - 14 cups flour

Combine:  scalded milk, sugar, salt, butter then let mixture cool to lukewarm

When mixture has cooled to lukewarm - add beaten eggs (saving approx. 2 tbs)

Put yeast in lukewarm water and let stand for about 10 minutes then add to mix

Add flour 2 cups at a time until mix no longer sticks to fingers

Knead dough thoroughly

Then place dough in greased bowl and grease top of dough

Cover dough with moist cloth and place in a warm area to raise

Let raise for 1 1/2 hours or until mixture doubles

Knead dough (punch it down)

Let raise again for another 45 minutes or until mixture almost doubles

Form loaves and place into greased bread pans

Let raise for approximately another 45 minutes in bread pans (recovering with moist cloth)

Brush top of loaves with remaining eggs

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for approximately 30 minutes

Makes 4 loaves

[MaryCay]

Is this the regular bread or the one kind she made in the coffee can shape & sometimes put icing on ?   

MaryCay

[jackie]

Its the round loaves with the braided crosses sometimes put on top.

[MaryCay]

What's the one she made in the coffee can, it had icing on top it sort of drizzled down the sides.  She usually put sprinkles on top?  It may have had raisins in it too.?.?  Maybe a sweet bread recipe or an egg bread I remember it was sort of yellow.