Theresa Kovatch's Holiday Bread
From Jeanette's Recipe Cards. Lots of options on baking containers and styles
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2C Butter
  • 1 1/2C Milk or Sour Cream
  • 4Cakes Yeast
  • 1 1/2C Warm Water
  • 3/4C Sugar
  • 3tsp Salt
  • 4 Eggs - beaten
  • 10 - 12 C Flour
  • Cherries - (Dried or Maraschino) or Raisins
Instructions
  1. In sauce pan - heat butter and milk or sour cream. Cool to luke warm
  2. Soften yeast in warm water
  3. Add yeast to butter and milk mixture
  4. Add sugar, eggs, salt and raisins or cherries
  5. Mix well
  6. Gradually add 10 - 12 Cups of flour to form a stiff dough
  7. Knead well
  8. Let rise until double
  9. Divide into 9 pieces for 1 lb coffee cans or two large pieces for large cakes (13 x 9) - for pull-aparts, use 8 tin foil lined cake pans or an angel food tin.
  10. For coffee cans - bake at 350 for 30minutes
  11. For large cakes - bake at 350 for 30 minutes
  12. For pull-aparts - bake at 350 for 35 minutes
  13. For Angel Food tin - bake at 350 for 65 minutes