Easter Kulick with Paska
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Ingredients
| Bread | |||
| 2 | packages | yeast, active dry | |
| 1/2 | cup | water | warm |
| 1/2 | cup |
milk |
warm |
| 1/2 | cup |
sugar |
|
| 1 | teaspoon | salt | optional |
| 2 | large |
eggs |
|
| 1/2 | cup |
vegetable shortening |
* |
| 6 | cups | flour, all-purpose | |
| 1/2 | cup | raisins, seedless | |
| 1/4 | cup | almonds | chopped, blanched* |
| 1/2 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract |
|
| Frosting | |||
| 1/2 | cup |
powdered sugar |
|
| 1 1/2 | teaspoons | water | warm |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | lemon zest | grated |
| 1/2 | teaspoon | lemon juice | |
| Paska | |||
| 1/4 | pound | sweet butter | unsalted |
| 1/2 | pound |
powdered sugar |
|
| 4 | each | egg yolks | * |
| 3 | pounds | cheese | farmer |
| 1/4 | pound | raisins, seedless | |
| 1/2 | pound | nuts | chopped |
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract |
|
| 1/2 | pint | cream | * |
| 2 | cups | cherries | chopped* |
Directions
*** 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 elestic, 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.
First published: 1996-01-27 last updated: 2012-05-06
