Easter Bread

1 cup margarine

2 heaped tsp dry yeast

3 tbsp lukewarm water

1 cup lukewarm milk

5 eggs, beaten

¾ cup sugar

1 tsp salt

5 ½ cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

Egg wash

-   Melt margarine over low heat and remove from heat once melted and cool.

-   Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water then mix with milk, eggs, sugar and salt.

-   Add margarine to this mixture.

-   Sieve flour and baking powder then add them to the above mixture to form a soft dough.

-   Knead dough for 5 minutes.

-   Proof dough in an oiled bowl, covered with a damp cloth, until double in size.

-   Punch down dough, and shape into desired shapes then arrange them on sheet trays.

-   Let rise again until almost double in size.

-   Brush with egg wash very carefully so as not to deflate dough.

-   Bake in a 200ºC oven until crust is golden brown.