Easter Bread

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 1 12 lb butter
• 12 tsp salt
• 1 c sugar
• 1 c milk
• 1 2 oz cake yeast
• 1 oz apricot brandy to your preference
• 1 grated orange rind and juice
• 1 tsp vanilla
• bread flour

Directions

1. Warm butter sugar and milk to 105
2. Dissolve yeast in a little warm water and mix with warm milk mixture
3. Beat egg yolks and add to milk mixture
4. Add other ingredients and blend
5. Mix in 4 cups and blend until smooth
6. Add enough extra flour to make dough workable
7. Knead dough and let rise in a warm spot until double about 12 hour Punch down and shape into one large loaf or two smaller loaves
8. Let rise again until double in size
9. Bake at 300 for 10 minutes then bake at 325 for about 55 minutes until nicely browned
10. Check smaller loaves early to see if done