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Swiss Holiday Bread
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Swiss Holiday Bread

A Uncategorized recipe with dry yeast, milk, sugar. Ready in –, serves 4.

Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳

Calories
kcal
Estimated Cost
325-475
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

17 steps
  1. 1

    Sprinkle the yeast into 2 1/4 cups warm water.

    dry yeast(1 pkg)
  2. 2

    Stir until dissolved.

  3. 3

    Scald the milk and pour into large bowl.

    milk(1 c)
  4. 4

    Stir in the sugar, butter and salt and let sit until lukewarm.

    sugar(1/4 c)butter(1/4 c)salt(1 tsp)
  5. 5

    Beat in 2 cups of flour, then the yeast, egg and enough extra flour to make a soft dough (1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups).

    dry yeast(1 pkg)egg(1)flour
  6. 6

    Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface.

    flour
  7. 7

    Cover with a towel and let it stand for 10 minutes.

  8. 8

    Knead until smooth, about 10 minutes.

  9. 9

    Place in a lightly greased bowl, turning it once to grease the whole surface.

  10. 10

    Cover and leave to rise in a warm place (80° to 85°) until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.

  11. 11

    Punch the dough and let it rise again until it doubles in size.

  12. 12

    Punch it down and using hands, work in the citron, raisins, almonds, cherries and lemon rind.

    diced preserved citron(1/3 c)chopped seeded raisins(1 c)unblanched almonds chopped(1/2 c)mixed red and green maraschino cherries drained and halved(1/4 c)grated lemon rind(1/2 tsp)
  13. 13

    Divide the dough in half; shape into two loaves and put into greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pans.

  14. 14

    Let rise until almost doubled in bulk, about 30 to 40 minutes.

  15. 15

    Preheat the oven to 350°.

  16. 16

    Brush the loaves with the beaten egg, then bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until they sound hollow when tapped with the finger.

    egg(1)egg beaten for glaze(1)
  17. 17

    Remove the loaves from the pans and cool on a rack.

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