Lucia Bread (Swedish Saffron Bread)

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Lucia Bread (Swedish Saffron Bread) Ingredients

3/4 c Plus	2 1/4 ts Fast-rise yeast
2 tb Milk	EGG WASH
1 lg Egg	1 lg Egg beaten with:
3 c All-purpose flour	1 ts Water
1 pn Salt	DECORATE WITH
1/3 c Sugar	6 Blanched Almonds
1/4 ts Powdered saffron	6 Dark Raisins
3 tb Unsalted butter

Instructions for Lucia Bread (Swedish Saffron Bread)

Source: The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook (served by eldest daughter to her family on the morning of Dec. 13 which is St. Lucia Day. ~---Use bread machine set on DOUGH CYCLE At end of program, press clear/stop. To punch dough down, press start and knead for 60 seconds. Press clear/stop again. Remove dough and let rest 5 min before hand shaping. Sprinkle work surface lightly w/flour. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. lightly sprinkle with flour Roll ea piece into 18" rope. Lay rope on lightly greased 13x9x1" baking pan. Lay second rope on top, florming a large X Curl each end, toward center, into a coil. Cover with clean kitchen cloth Ret rise till dbl in size - about 1-1/2 hours. Preheat oven to 375? Brush with EGG WASH: 1 lg Egg w/1 tsp water, beaten tog. Decorate with: 6 blanched Almonds, 6 Dark Raisins Bake for approx. 25-30 min til golden brown. REmove from oven, Cool on Rack Posted to Digest bread-bakers.v096.n065 From: Bev Janson Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 22:04:27 -0600

Main Ingredient: GrainsCuisine: Uncategorized

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