Ukrainian Paska Easter Bread
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup bread flour
- 1/4 cup light cream or half and half
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
- 1/2 cup raisins and glazed cherries, mixed
Instructions
ABM Russian Easter Bread. Heat milk, half and half and butter till butter melts. Add to remaining ingredients in the order your machine requires. Add the raisins/cherries when your machine stops for adding "extras". This is a recipe I devised for use with my ABM. I don't usually bake the bread in the ABM, but I do mix the dough and let it do the first rise there. If you do the whole thing in the machine, use the Sweet Bread, light setting. If you bake it in the oven, do it for about 25 minutes at 350. Cover top with foil for last 10 minutes if it browns too quickly. I put mine in a coffee can to make the traditional "top hat" shape to bake, but it also works as a round loaf when baked on a cookie sheet. Will make two small loaves, or one large one. This is a high riser in the bread machine.