Sally Lunn Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

Heat milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat; add butter and water. Stir mixture until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove milk mixture from heat and cool to lukewarm, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour milk mixture into a bowl of a stand mixer.

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Stir flour, honey, eggs, yeast, salt, vanilla extract, and almond extract into milk mixture; beat using the paddle attachment of the mixer until well blended, about 3 minutes. Cover bowl with a damp towel and place in a warm spot of the kitchen until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Punch down dough and transfer to a 9- or 10-inch tube pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 50 minutes.