Recipe of Easter Kulick with Paska - Food Recipes

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Title: Easter Kulick with Paska
Categories : Breads, Frostings
Serving size: 1 Servings -----------------------------------BREAD----------------------------------- 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 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. Source: "The Yankee Kitchen" 04-01-93 (#3) [Alberta] -----