It’s
not too late (Easter is 50 days until Pentecost) to make homemade Italian
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TIPS
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the page number for grandma's and my Aunt Sarah's Easter bread: The recipe is
in St. Joseph Table Cookbook page 78. I just made 1/2 recipe and it worked very
well by cutting the ingredients in half, making six "smedium" loaves
of bread. I did increase the Anise and I added a little orange liqueur Grand
Marnier.
To
make the dough rise I warmed the rising bowl before using it and used hot water
but not too hot to kill the yeast and I warm the oven to 175° and turned it off
and let the bread rise covered in the oven for about one hour. Right before baking, be sure to beat one egg
and brush the tops for a nice glaze. It is not necessary to braid with Easter
eggs.
You
can do it without the hard-boiled eggs in the picture! Also, you do not have to
braid, just form into loaves and place in bread pans or shape round loafs on
greased cookie sheets.
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TIPS
One
half recipe fits very well in a home-style Kitchen Aid Mixer, letting the dough
hook do all the work for you. If you
make 1/2 recipe kneading by hand is easier too, much less work than making the
whole 5 pounds of flour. But if you have
helpers or young at heart, go for it!
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