wishing bread~

dec 10

WISH

Life is a coin.

You can spend it any way you WISH,

but you can spend it only once.

Francis Bacon

~wishing bread~

the traditional recipe

on winter solstice~yule eve

gives each a chance to roll their wishes

into a sweet festive holiday sticky loaf that pulls appart by hand

as wee littles create their own balls out of dough

have them think about

what they wish for

what they are dreaming wanting and hoping for to come to be

their seeds then shall be planted

 on the longest night

 to grow just the same as them

originated from circle round

preheat oven 350 degrees

~dough~

2 tbsp yeast

1/3 c warm water

sprinkle of sugar

1c milk room temp

1/2 c brown sugar

4 tbsp butter

3 eggs beaten

1 tsp salt

41/2~51/2 c flour

~glaze~

1/4 c butter

1/4 peacan or walnuts

MIX: 

yeast in water, add sugar

allow to sit and work its magic

wait for it to bubble and foam

MIX:

milk, sugar, butter, eggs and salt

ADD:

yeast mixture to wet ingrediants above

STIR:

flour {1 cup at a time...until stiff}

into wet ingrediants above

flour surface,

knead dough until smooth and pliant

oil a bowl,

put dough inside covering it withthe oil,

cover with moist towel,

let rise till doubled in size

 GLAZE:

melt butter and brown sugar

 together in a pot on stove

butter bundt pan

pour 1/2 glaze into pan

add nuts

have littles tear off golf size bits of dough

and as they roll

have them once more think about their wishes

i prefer silence for this

though feel free to share outload

{they can add a raisen or dried fruit bit tucked inside each ball to represent each wish...mind you though they will not find such piece once the bread has been bake...so give warning if they want ot go searching}

THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE 

BELIEVE

IN THEIR

WISH

AND  

THAT THEIR

WISHES

WILL COME TRUE

lay half the balls of dough

evenly around they bottom

pour 1/3 glaze over dough in pan

lay remain balls of dough into pan

 and add the rest of the glaze

cover once more with towel

let rise until about 80% doubled

bake 45 mins

remove

let cool for a few moments

serve warm

~maybe you will create wishes into your bread this day~