Placek Recipes

Steps:

• Put raisins in a bowl and pour in enough water to cover; set aside until raisins begin to plump, at least 15 minutes.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water in a bowl. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
• Heat milk and 1/2 cup butter together in a saucepan over medium-high heat until milk is heated just below boiling, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool scalded milk to lukewarm temperature.
• Beat 1 cup sugar, eggs, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; add milk mixture and yeast mixture and stir until just combined. Drain raisins and stir into sugar mixture. Beat flour, 2 cups at a time, into sugar mixture, beating well after each addition until dough is well mixed. Set bowl in a warm area of the kitchen, cover with a clean towel, and allow dough to double in size, about 2 hours.
• Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat dough down to release air and pour into the prepared loaf pans.
• Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, and 1 tablespoon butter together in a bowl using 2 knives in a scissor-like fashion until crumbly; sprinkle over dough. Allow dough to double in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 310 degrees F (154 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Remove loaves from pans and cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• 1. Mix together the lukewarm milk (warm enough to activate the yeast)and yeast to proof. Mix together 2 T. sugar and 3 C. flour with the yeast mixture and allow it to bubble and rise, about a half hour. 2. Cream together 2 C. sugar and 1 1/2 C. butter then start adding one egg at a time. Add salt, flour and vanilla. 3. Add the yeast mixture and beat well, until the dough becomes elastic. 4. Divide the dough between four well buttered loaf pans and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size. 5. In a food processor mix crumb topping. 6. Once risen beat down the loaves and top generously with the kruszynski. 7. Let the dough rise once more until it reaches about 3/4 of the way up the pan. 8. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Beat eggs with sugar using an electric mixer for 5 minutes at high speed.
• Mix chopped nuts, raisins and orange peel with 2 tablespoons of flour.
• Mix remaining flour with baking powder and salt.
• Cream together the butter, lemon peel and vanilla extract until fluffy.
• Beat in vodka, then add egg mixture gradually, beating constantly.
• Add the flour mixture and beat for 5 minutes.
• Fold fruit-nut mixture into the batter.
• Turn into a greased and floured 9x5x3-inch pan or a 1 1/2 quart ring mold.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour.
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack for ten minutes, then turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and set aside to mellow for a couple of days.

Steps:

• Warm milk over low heat until scalded (soft bubbles form around edge of pot) but not boiling.
• Add butter and remove from heat.
• Mix in sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle yeast into water in 2 cup measure,
• stir in 1/2 teaspoon sugar.
• Let stand undisturbed to "proof" about 10 minutes.
• Add eggs to milk mixture, one at a time, beating well.
• Add yeast-in-water mixture.
• Add flour with raisins.
• Knead dough 5 minutes, adding extra flour as needed.
• Placed kneaded dough into greased pan and grease top of dough to prevent it from drying out. Keep warm to rise until double, about 1 to 2 hours.
• Knead dough again (for 5 minutes) and put into greased loaf pans. Let rise 1 to 2 hours again.
• This recipe makes approximately 1 bunt, 2 large and 2 small loaf pans.
• Crumble topping ingredients together.
• Add topping to bread in loaf pans.
• Preheat oven and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
• Bread is done when tester comes out clean.