Pan Dulce Navideńo

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== Ingredients ==
=== Yeast ===
* 2 spoonfuls dry yeast or 4 spoonfuls fresh yeast
* ¼ cup water, lukewarm
* 2 spoonfuls sugar
* 2 water cups, lukewarm
* 2 cups flour
=== Dough ===
* 10 cups flour cups, more or less
* 1½ cups sugar
* 6 whole eggs
* 1 spoonful salt
* 1½ cups butter
* 2 cups milk, lukewarm
* 1 spoonfuls orange blossom water
* 1 spoonful cognac
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 6 cups raisins
* 1 cup nuts, peeled and chopped
* 1 cup glazed orange rind
* 1 cup almonds, peeled and chopped
== Directions ==
=== Yeast Preparation ===
# In a deep bowl, put the ¼ cup of water with the two spoonfuls of sugar. Mix well.
# Add the yeast and let it soak for five minutes.
# To this mixture add the two cups of water, little by little, and the two cups of flour.
# Mix well and let rest until it raises and doubles.
# Place this mixture under the sun or near the stove, covering with a dish cloth or towel.
=== Dough Preparation ===
# To the yeast add the 1½ cup of sugar, the spoonful of salt, the 1½ cup of butter, the six eggs slightly beaten, the 2 cups of milk, the spoonful of orange blossom water, the spoonful of cognac, the essence of vanilla and the flour.
# Mix all ingredients very well.
# On a table knead the dough until bubbles burst.
# Place the dough in a bowl and cover it whit a dish cloth or towel.
# Place the dough under the sun or near the stove so that it doubles in size for a second time.
# In the meantime, mix nuts, almonds and glazed orange rind with one or two spoonfuls of flour, so that the fruit does not go to the bottom of the bread.
# Once the dough doubles in size, add the fruit. Mix very well.
# Place the dough under the sun or near the stove so that it doubles in size for a third time.
# Once the dough has doubled in size, divide it into eight parts.
# Make a ball with each piece and then flatten it, forming a bread loaf.
# Place bread loafs in a non-sticky baking sheet. Let double for the fourth time.
# Bake it at medium temperature (European oven: 150 °C; American oven: 300 °F) for forty-five minutes to one hour.
# In a small bowl add a spoonful of boiling water, ten spoonfuls of fine sugar more or less, until it thickens, and finally, a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
# Remove the bread loafs from the oven.
# While still hot, covered them with the sugar mixture suing a brush.
# If wanted, decorate with glazed fruit or raisins.
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