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Aunt Vi's Easter Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 quart milk
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
2 packages yeast, dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water and a teaspoon of sugar
2 teaspoons anise (oil or spice)
1 1# box of raisins
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup salad oil
12 cups flour
1 teaspoon (heaping) saffron
1 teaspoon yellow food coloring
Directions:
Directions:
Heat milk to scalding, cool. Add sugar, eggs, salt, salad oil, anise and saffron and mix well. Stir in yeast, flour and raisins. Use yellow food coloring to make dough as yellow as you like. Mix well and then let rise. Punch down. When dough rises again, cut into three strips to fit in a grease loaf pan and braid. Place in loaf pan. Let rise a little and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
All day
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is Vi's recipe. I don't know how many loaves this recipe makes, but whenever we went to her house for Easter everyone got a loaf to take home. Also the recipe was baked at high altitude so if you try it you may have to experiment with the amount of flour, so the dough is not too stiff.

 

 

 

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