Recipe Category: Bread
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Ingredients
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups bread flour
Method
- Proof Yeast in water.
- Heat milk and butter until butter melts.
- Add sugar and salt to milk.
- Cool to lukewarm.
- Blend yeast mix, milk mix, eggs, and vanilla.
- Mix in flour gradually.
- Beat until smooth.
- Dough will be sticky.
- Place in greased bowl.
- Cover with damp towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm place (such as in oven with pan of hottest tap water on rack below) until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Punch down and beat for 1 minute.
- Put dough into well greased Bundt pan and rise in warm place for about an hour.
- Bake in preheated 325 deg F oven for 40 to 45 min Remove from pan and let cool slightly.
- Serve warm.
- For Holidays: Add 3/4 cup chopped cranberries and 1 cup chopped pecans to dough after punching down.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans into Bundt pan before putting dough into it.
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