I was eating St Lucia bread in Chat during SS someone asked for the recipe so here it is........
Saint Lucia Bread
1 pk yeast
1/4 c warm water
1/4 shortening
1/2 c sugar
1/3 c orange marmalade
1 c milk scalded
1 tsp salt
1 egg
3 1/4- 4c flour
1/4 c raisins
1/4 c dried cranberries
1)Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2)In a large bowl combine shortening and sugar. Pour hot milk over mixture and stir. Cool to lukewarm. Add 1 cup flour and beat well. Then beat in the egg and yeast/water mixture and orange marmalade.
3)Gradually add remaining flour to form dough, add raisins and cranberries
4)On a floured board dump dough. Kneed until smooth and elastic.
5) Put dough back in bowl and coat with oil. Cover let it rise about 2 hours
6) Punch down dough and divide into 3 equal pieces. Braid the dough and put the braid into a circle. Put braid onto an oil coated cookie sheet. Cover and let rise again for about an hour or until double.
7) heat oven to 370
8) bake about 40 minutes until golden brown.
9) cool on wire rack then frost
Frosting
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp water.
Mix all together. It it is too thick to spread add water a drop at a time. It is is too think add more powdered sugar a tablespoon and a time.
Drizzles over bread.