Polish Sweet Bread

This beautiful golden brown, sweet bread, is exactly how I remember it growing up with my polish grandma!

Did you watch either of the games yesterday? Do you even care? Do you even want to talk about it? Probably not. I know all you want to hear about is this fantastic sweet bread, but we’ll get to that. First, I must acknowledge the football games from yesterday, in honor of my husband and all that.

If you’ve been reading for any length of time, you know my husband is a pretty die hard Patriots fan. We’re from New England after all. He’s also got a pretty big man crush on brady. (sorry babe, just keepin’ it real.) Sundays are always devoted to football in our house, even my kids call it ‘football day’. So yesterday was a pretty big deal for him.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup milk (I used 2%)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Glaze

• 2 TB sugar
• 1 egg

Directions

• Melt the butter and milk together in the microwave, cool to lukewarm
• Pour the mixture into a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, stir in the yeast and 1 cup of the flour, cover, and allow to rise for 15 minutes
• Beat in the eggs. Add the salt, sugar, and vanilla, beat well.
• Switch to the dough hook. Add the remaining flour, and knead well, until soft, smooth, and shiny. (about 5-7 minutes on medium-high speed)
• Cover and let rise for 2-4 hours, until it doubles in size.
• Knead again, shape the dough, and place in a bread pan that has been greased well.
• Cover, rise again until doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 325°
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