Recipe: Danish Christmas Bread (bread machine)

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From: Nancy,.SFO

JULKAGE (Danish Christmas Bread)
Recipe By : HOLIDAY BREADS - Donna German VI
From: Bev Janson - Bread Machine Bread-Bakers Mailing List

DOUGH:
1 cup milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon lemon peel, dried or fresh
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons yeast, rapid or quick

Add:
1/2 cup dried fruit -- cherries or raisins
1/4 cup chopped almonds (1/4 to 1/2)

WASH:
1 egg, beaten with:
2 tablespoons milk or cream

Add dried fruits/nuts to the bread machine pan 5 min. after kneading starts.

Remove dough from bread machine. Divide into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a long rope and braid ropes together.

Place braid on lightly greased baking pan. Cover, let rise about 1-1/2 hours.

Brush dough with EGG WASH

Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven 25-30 min. until golden.