Name: Sally Lunn Bread
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 2 h
Ingredients: 1 C. hot milk; 1/4 lb. butter; 1/4 C. sugar; 1 t. salt; 1 pkg dry yeast; 1/4 C. warm water; 3 eggs; 3 1/2 C. white flour

This Sally Lunn bread recipe comes to us from my great-grandmother. This sweet bread is a family favorite, passed down through generations and is always warm, sweet and satisfying.

Sally Lunn Bread

C. milk

butter

C. sugar

t. salt

dry yeast

C. warm water

eggs

C. white flour

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Mix the hot milk, butter, sugar and salt in a large bowl and let cool to lukewarm. Stir the yeast into the warm water and let it stand for 5 minutes to dissolve. Add the dissolved yeast and the eggs to the first mixture and beat vigorously.

Gradually add the flour. Cover and let rise in a warm place until about double in bulk. Spoon the mixture into a buttered loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350. Bake for 50 minutes.

Sally Lunn Bread

Prep Time: 70 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total: 120 minutes

Servings: 12

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