Easter Egg Bread Recipe

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Start as early as you can, it will take aprox. 1.5 hours for the dough to double its size.
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Kneading the Dough

Dust your work area with flour, place the dough on the surface and dust with more flour.

Start from the part of the dough closest to you and use the heel of your hands to push down and away from you.
Turn the dough 90% and take the far end of the dough and fold it in towards you.
Push it down and away from you. Repeat this process until the dough feels smooth and stretchy and no longer sticks to your fingers.

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Easter Egg Bread

Ingredients

3 cup flour, unsifted
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 package active dry yeast
2/3 cup milk
2 tbsp margarine
2 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup mixed candied fruits
1/4 cup blanched almonds, chopped
1/2 tsp anise seeds
1 melted margarine
5 colored raw eggs
1 powdered sugar
1 colored sprinkles

Preparation

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 (No4) [Deb from Boston]

Servings: 1