Sally Lunn Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup honey
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 15 mins


• heat milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat; add butter and water. stir mixture until butter melts, about 5 minutes. remove milk mixture from heat and cool to lukewarm, 5 to 10 minutes. pour milk mixture into a bowl of a stand mixer.
• stir flour, honey, eggs, yeast, salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract into milk mixture; beat using the paddle attachment of the mixer until well blended, about 3 minutes. cover bowl with a damp towel and place in a warm spot of the kitchen until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• punch down dough and transfer to a 9- or 10-inch tube pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 50 minutes.