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New Year’s Bread


In Greece, this sweet dish is a favorite for both children and adults. Served as a special dessert on New Year’ s Eve, this bread is baked with a coin somewhere inside it. Whoever gets the coin in his sliced portion is believed to have good luck in the coming year.
المقادير
To prepare 1 large loaf of New Year’s bread, you need:  
2 tsp. grated orange peel  
1 tsp. grated lemon peel  
1 package active dry yeast  
1/4 c. warm water  
1/2 c. milk  
3 eggs  
1/2 tsp. salt  
3 c. unsifted all-purpose flour  
1 egg yolk  
1 tbsp. water  
blanched almonds  
1/3 c. butter  
1/2 c. sugar  
طريقه التحضير
Preheat oven to 325ºF.
Dissolve dry yeast with warm water and let stand.
Melt butter with milk in a container over low heat.
Transfer mixture into a large bowl and add sugar. Allow to cool.
Keep adding the eggs gradually, and beat mixture after every addition.
Add yeast, orange peel, lemon peel, and salt.
Add 3 c. of flour, one at a time, blending after every addition.
Stir for 5 minutes.
Dust a flat surface (such as a tabletop) and place dough on it.
Knead for about 5 to 10 minutes or until smooth then transfer carefully onto a large greased bowl.
Brush dough top with melted butter then wrap with a plastic cover.
The dough takes 1 1/4 hours to rise in a warm spot.
When doubled in bulk, transfer dough on a lightly floured tabletop.
While flatten dough, hide a clean coin inside it.
If you with, put onto a cake model lined with a greased baking sheet then cover.
Allow to rise for about 35 to 40 minutes.
Mix egg yolk with 1 tbsp. water.
Brush dough with this mixture.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. When golden, remove and serve warm.
Before baking the loaf, arrange almonds on top forming the numerals of the coming year.

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