Easter Bread
From my Mother's recipe collection, from my Grandmother
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.
- 3 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 bottle of anise flavor
- 1 cup milk
- 1 stick margarine (butter)
- 3/4 cup warm tap water
- 3 packages of dry yeast
- 8 1/2 cup flour
- 9 oz seedless raisins
Melt marj. (butter) & heat milk with it. Dissolve yeasts in warm not hot water.
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.
Bake at 300 degrees for 40-45 mins. Makes about 4-5 small loaves.