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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 45 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Combine flour, sugar, and anise seed together in a very large bowl; create a well in the center. | 2. Mix warm water and yeast together in a bowl. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 10 minutes. | 3. Beat warm milk, eggs, and butter together in a bowl; stir into yeast mixture. Add milk mixture to the well in the flour mixture. Knead flour-milk mixture using your hands until dough and your hands are no longer sticky. Cover dough with a clean cotton cloth and let rise, 8 hours to overnight. | 4. Grease and flour 6 loaf pans. | 5. Punch dough down and divide into 6 portions. Mold each portion into a round shape and place each in a prepared pan. Cover pans and let rise for 1 hour more. | 6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 7. Bake in the preheated oven until bread is cooked through, 45 to 50 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	12 3/8	cups		-	-	-	-
white sugar	2	cups		1548.0	399.92	0.0	0.0
anise seed	5	tablespoons		112.895	16.7567	5.896	5.3265
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yeast	2			22.2	2.4504	2.8656	0.10800000000000001
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
egg	8			572.0	2.88	50.24	38.04
butter	1/2	cup	melted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.