Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        patricia dwigans fwds07a
   4      cups          flour
   1      tablespoon    yeast
   1      cup           milk
     1/2  cup           sugar
   3      large         eggs
   1      stick         butter
     1/2  cup           raisins
     1/2  cup           dried fruit
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
   1      teaspoon      ground cardamom
     1/2  teaspoon      ground cinnamon
     1/2  teaspoon      ground saffron
     1/4  teaspoon      ground nutmeg
                        icing and glace cherries

Preparation:

Warm the milk to lukewarm, sprinkle on the yeast and 1 tsp of the sugar. Add half of the flour, mix well and allow to go frothy. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the yeast mixture and all the other ingredients. Knead well, cover and let rise until doubled. Tradionally this bread is baked in tall cans, you can use well greased old soup bean or coffee cans, or mould the dough toform the letters of the word PAX meaning peace. bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and then decorate with icing and glace cherries