Oma's Paska

The family easter bread

Yield:
unknown number of loaves
Category:
Bread and Baking
Cuisine:
Canadian

INGREDIENTS:

  • 4 cups scalded milk
  • 4 cups all purpose flour + 7 cups flour
  • 3 package yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 18 eggs (with dark coloured yolks if possible)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 generous cup butter
  • juice and rind of 1 large lemon and 1 large orange

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Soften yeast in warm water and 2 teaspoons of sugar.
  2. Beat eggs well and slowly add 3 cups sugar ( take at least 5 minutes)
  3. Make a well in 4 cups of flour and pour the scalded milk over the flour. Beat until very smooth, then cool slightly.
  4. Stir egg mixture into the flour mixture. Add the citrus and softened butter and the yeast mixture
  5. Add approximately 7 more cups of flour while mixing . You will need a bit more flour while kneading. The dough should be somewhat sticky and messy. Let rise for approximately 2 hours. Punch and knead again and then let rise again.
  6. Let the dough rise a third time
  7. Butter and flour your pans.
  8. Put the dough into the baking pans. Bake in a 325 degree oven until done.

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This recipe can be found online at: lemonzest.ca/Home/Recipes/9603