Recipe - Norwegian Sweet Bread

2 pack Dry yeast
1 One fourth cup Milk; lukewarm
5 Three fourths cup Flour; unbleached
One half cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Salt
One half teaspoon Cloves
One half teaspoon Pepper
12 ounce Beer
One half cup Corn syrup; light
2 cup Rye flour
1 cup Raisins

In large bowl, soften yeast in warm milk. Let stand 5 minutes. Beat in 1
cup flour, sugar, salt, cloves, pepper. Cover, let stand in warm place 40
minutes until dough becomes light and bubbly. Add beer and corn syrup. Stir
in rye flour, raisins, enough of remaining flour to make moderately stiff
dough. Turn out onto floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic, 810
minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease surface. Cover, let
rise until double, about 1 hour. Punch dough down, let rest 10 minutes.
Divide into thirds, shape in round loaves. Place on greased cookie sheets.
Cover and let rise until double, 3540 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 40
minutes. Cover each loaf with foil cap last 20 minutes of baking time to
prevent overbrowning.

Recipe by: Sonja Appleton

Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest V1 #447 by "Terry Van Kirk"
tvankirk@pacbell.net on Dec 11, 1997