Paska (Easter Bread)

Ingredients

• •1 cake or package yeast
• •2 cup lukewarm milk
• •9 cups flour
• •1 cup butter, softened
• •1 cup sugar
• •4 eggs
• •1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. 1Crumble yeast into bowl; add 1 cup milk and 1 cup flour. Mix and set aside to rise in a warm place. Cream butter; add sugar and eggs and mix well. Add remaining milk. Knead until dough is smooth and elastic. Set aside in warm place until double in bulk. Form into desired shapes.
2. 2Allow dough to rise to double bulk in pans; bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 35 minutes. Halfway through baking, brush top with beaten egg yolk to which a little milk has been added.
3. 3Tip: If you melt 1 stick butter and knead into dough it will keep paska soft.