Saint Lucia Crown Recipe

15
Ingredients

2.5h
Prep Time

20m
Cook Time

2h 50m
Ready In

Recipe: #27652

August 18, 2017

Categories: Breads, Christmas, Easter, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Yeast Bread Flour, Kosher Dairy, more

recipe by:
Fizzybrat

Original is 1 serving

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (1548.2 g)
Calories 4548.1
Total Fat - 84 g
Saturated Fat - 37.8 g
Cholesterol - 553.8 mg
Sodium - 3084.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 870.2 g
Dietary Fiber - 20.7 g
Sugars - 430.1 g
Protein - 84.5 g
Calcium - 457.5 mg
Iron - 10.6 mg
Vitamin C - 51.1 mg
Thiamin - 0.9 mg

Step 1

Dissolve yeast in Warm water.

Step 2

Add saffron to milk and stir.

Step 3

Add milk mixture, sugar, salt, eggs, butter and 2 1/2 cups flour. Mix well.

Step 4

Add citron, almonds, lemon peel and enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.

Step 5

Turn out dough into lightly floured, surface and knead till smooth and elastic.

Step 6

Place dough in oiled bowl and turn to coat.

Step 7

Cover dough with a damp cloth, and let dough rise until doubled.

Step 8

Punch down dough and cut off 1/3 of the dough for the top, put aside.

Step 9

Divide remaining dough into 3 equal parts and roll into 25 inch long strands. Place strands close together on a greased baking sheet and braid strands, shape into a circle and pinch ends to seal.

Step 10

Divide reserved dough into 3 equal parts and roll into 16 inch strands. Place strands close together on a greased baking sheet and braid strands, shape into a circle and pinch ends to seal.