Polish Easter Bread

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 package yeast
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup oleo
• 3 eggs at room temperature
• 1 box seedless raisins

Rum Syrup:

• ½ cup brown sugar boiled together with
• 1/3 cup water boiled together with
• ¼ cup rum

• Mix ¾ cup of flour and yeast.
• Combine milk and oleo in a sauce pan, heat, but do not boil.
• Pour milk into bowl with flour and yeast.
• Add remaining dry ingredients. Mix.
• Add eggs 1 at time to about ½ cup flour to make a thick batter.
• Beat for about 2 minutes.
• Cover and let rise till doubled.
• Stir in raisins.
• Turn out into a 2 quart greased tube pan.
• Let rise uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Before removing form pan and while still hot from oven : prick to with a fork and pour rum syrup over cake