Recipe ingredients
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1/2 cup lukewarm water
- 5 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 6 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons anise water
- 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Milk
- Pink sugar crystals
Recipe method
- Dissolve yeast in water, then add 1 cup of the flour. Stir to make a soft sponge.
- Cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Set aside 1/2 cup flour.
- To the yeast mixture add the remaining flour mixed with salt, sugar and the cooled butter that has been mixed with eggs, anise water, orange blossom water and orange rind.
- Mix well and turn out on a board floured with the remaining 1/2 cup flour. Dough will be soft, so keep hands floured and knead lightly.
- Pat into a greased bowl and set in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours to rise.
- Shape into a round loaf in a 9-inch diameter pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for about 30 minutes.
- Cool and frost with confectioners sugar mixed with vanilla extract and only enough milk to make a glaze of frosting consistency.
- Glaze only the top. Sprinkle with pink sugar crystals.
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