Instructions: Scald milk. Soak the envelopes of yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm water for ten minutes. Add milk, 4 cups flour, 2 tbs. sugar, salt and make a sponge of these ingredients in a large bowl. Let rise until double in bulk. Cream shortening, eggs, 1-1/2 cups sugar and brandy, and add to sponge mixture after rising. Mix in 6 cups flour. Chop remaining ingredients and dust with 1 cup flour. Knead after adding fruits and nuts. Let rise again until double in bulk. Punch down, divide into 6 parts; roll each into 1: round. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Fold over as for a Parker-House roll. Rise until double in size. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes.

Leaque of Morgantown, West Virginia

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