Easter Kulick with Paska 2 pk Active Dry Yeast 1/2 c Warm Water 1/2 c Warm Milk 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Salt (opt) 2 Eggs 1/2 c Shortening 6 Flour 1/2 c Raisins 1/4 c Blanched Almonds, chopped 1/2 ts Vanilla
----------------------------------FROSTING---------------------------------- 1/2 c Powdered Sugar 1 1/2 ts Warm Water 1/2 ts Grated Lemon Peel 1/2 ts Lemon Juice -----------------------------------PASKA----------------------------------- 1/4 lb Sweet Butter, unsalted 1/2 lb Powdered Sugar 4 Egg Yolks 3 lb Farmer Cheese 1/4 lb Raisins 1/2 lb Nuts, chopped 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 pt Cream 2 c Cherries, chopped *** Bread Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, sugar, eggs, shortening, 2/ cups flour, raisins, almonds and vanilla. Beat until smooth with electric mixer. Mix in enough flour remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead adding remaining flour until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover with saran wrap and let rest 20 minutes. Divide in half and let rise about 1/ hours until double. Place each half in a well greased 1-lb coffee can. Let rise to top of cans (about 40 minutes). Preheat oven to 375oF. Bake 40-45 minutes or until brown. Remove and drizzle with frosting mixture while still warm and serve with Paska. *** Frosting Mix all ingredients together. *** Paska Mix the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Put in a cheese cloth to drain out liquid (about 3 hours), using a weight. Remove from cloth and refrigerate. Enjoy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
