Title: Christmas cardamon bread
 Categories: Breads
      Yield: 2 Servings
 
  1 1/2 c  Milk
      5    Eggs
    3/4 c  Butter
    3/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts (rounded) Cardamon
      1 pk Yeast
      9 c  Flour (approximate)
 
   ---- Manual Bread Making (NOT Converted to B/M) Yield: Three 12"
  Braided Loaves
  
   * Scald Milk, ADD Sugar, Butter, Salt, and Cardamon. LET COOL ......
   * Dissolve Yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, ADD Eggs and 2 cups Flour
  .... Mix well (Dough-hook on KA works well) .... Let REST for 10 or
  15 minutes * ADD Flour (7 cups +/-) until a STIFF Dough is formed
  .... KNEAD, then (cover with Towel) let RISE to DOUBLE in size ....
  takes about 2 hours.
   * PUNCH Dough down and DIVIDE into 9 equal parts .... ROLL each of
  the 9 pieces of dough into strips about 18" long ..... then BRAID the
  dough strips, 3 at a time, into three loaves, each about 12" long
  overall.
   * Place loaves on buttered Cookie Sheets and let RISE to DOUBLE in
  size .... BAKE at 400 F until crust is DARK BROWN or until Bread is
  well BAKED.
   * Brush a GLAZING Liquid over the Loaves .. 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup
  Sugar, 1 TBS Butter .. Place back in the Oven for a minute to dry.
  
   Posted on $P BREADS AND PIZZA on 01/06 by JAMES MALIA (DCBC39A)
  
   MM by Cathy Svitek