Finnish Nisu - Sweet Bread

Ingredients 

• 2 packages active dry yeast
• ³⁄₄ cup warm water
• 1 (13 ounce) canundiluted evaporated milk, heated to 110 degrees
• ¹⁄₂-1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon crushed cardamom, seed
• 4 eggs, beaten
• ¹⁄₂ cup softened butter
• 8 -9 cups all-purpose flour
• egg, mixed with
• milk, for glaze
• pearl sugar or sliced almonds or plain sugar, for decoration

Instructions

• Dissolve the yeast within the heat water.

• Stir within the milk, sugar, salt, cardamon, eggs and enough flour to form a batter (approx. 2 cups).

• Beat till dough is swish and elastic.

• Add concerning three cups of flour and beat well.

• Dough ought to be swish and shiny in look.

• Add remaining flour one cup at a time till dough is stiff.

• Add the butter; beat till dough appearance shiny once more.

• prove onto floured board, cowl with inverted bowl.

• Let rest for quarter-hour.

• Knead till swish and silky.

• Place in gently lubricated bowl, flip dough to grease prime, cowl gently and let rise in heat place- till doubled in size.

• Punch down; let rise once more.

• prove onton a gently floured board, divide into three elements, and divide every half into three.

• form each bit of dough into a strip sixteen inches long by rolling between palms and board.

• Braid three strips along into a straight loaf and pinch ends along and tuck below.

• Repeat for second and third loafs.

• Place on gently lubricated baking sheets.

• Let rise till puffy (1/2 to one hour).

• Glaze loaves with a mix of crushed egg and milk.

• Sprinkle with sugar and sliced almonds.

• Bake at four hundred degrees for 25-30 minutes.

• don't overbake- or bread are dry.
• Enjoy