Houska - Sam's Recipe Recipe
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Ingredients: ***Buy fresh mace and cardamom every year as it will go stale.
- 2 ¼ Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Lard
- 1+ Cup Sugar
- 3 teaspoon salt
- 1 15 oz. box White Seedless Raisins
- 1 10 oz. pkg. Shelled English Walnuts
- 8 ½ to 9 Cup flour (Don’t sift!)
- 3 teaspoon Mace
- 2 eggs
- 3 pkg. Yeast (7 ½ teaspoon)
- 1 Cup lukewarm Water
- Butter
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Directions:Heat Milk and add Lard. Add Sugar. Add Salt. Blend together. Cool to lukewarm. Dissolve Yeast in Water for 10 minutes. Mix the Nuts and Raisins together and divide into 3 parts. Mix the Mace with the Flour. Add only 3 CUPS of the Flour/Mace mixture to Milk mixture. Beat in Eggs. Mix in yeast. Gradually add REMAINING Flour/Yeast mixture. Mix and knead smooth. Let rise until double in bulk. Divide dough into 3 parts. Roll out 1 part and divide into 3 strips about 4x12 inches. Take 1 part of the Nut/Raisin mixture and spread it evenly onto the 3 strips. Press in place. Roll each strip tightly closed with edges sealed. No nuts or raisins should be showing. Braid 3 strips tightly and put in large, well greased loaf pan. Repeat with other 2 parts of dough. Let rise until double in bulk. Grease tops with melted butter. Bake at 350 alt-0186 for 1 hour. Put foil over tops for last 20 minutes. Brush tops with butter. |
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Notes: From Halma Mastalir - 12/26/1991
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