From my Mother’s recipe collection, from my Grandmother

Easter Bread

Description

This is transcribed verbatim, and it appears my mother got it from my grandmother, and she in turn got it from a M. Leone "79" recipe ... I would say english wasn't her first language.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Melt marj. (butter) & heat milk with it.  Dissolve yeasts in warm not hot water.

  2. Now

    In lg. bowel (sic) beat eggs, add sugar, -beat- add anise flavor, mix - add marj (butter) & milk mixture, mix - add raisons, mix - add flour & mix till dough is nice and smooth, when this is mixed good, than (sic) rub all around it with room temp. marj. (butter) & put in a lg. pan.  Coover (sic) good & put in warm place, till it more than doubles in size than (sic) punch down & make into loaves & put into grease pans, & let rise again until more than double in size.

  3. Bake at 300 degrees for 40-45 mins.  Makes about 4-5 small loaves.

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