Sally Lunn Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour, divided
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 packages active dry yeast

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 10 minutes before the sally lunn is ready to be baked.
• 2 grease a 10-inch tube cake pan or bundt pan.
• 3 heat the milk, shortening, and 1/4 cup of water until very warm--about 120 degrees.
• 4 the shortening does not need to melt.
• 5 blend 1 1/3 cups of flour with the sugar, salt, and dry yeast in a large mixing bowl.
• 6 blend the warm liquids into the flour mixture.
• 7 beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.
• 8 gradually add 2/3 cup of the remaining flour and the eggs and beat at high speed for 2 minutes.
• 9 add the remaining flour and mix well.
• 10 the batter will be thick but not stiff.
• 11 cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place ntil it has increased in bulk 1/3-1/2--about 30 minutes.
• 12 bake for 40-50 minutes at 350.
• 13 run a knife around the center and outer edges of the bread and turn onto a plate to cool.