Zwiebach - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 yeast cakes
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 c. warm water
1 c. warm milk
6 Tbsp. melted lard
3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
11 1/2 c. flour

Preparation

Let the yeast melt in the warm water.
Mix all the ingredients.
Save about 4 cups of the flour for later.
With electric beater, beat eggs, sugar and salt.
Add milk and lard. Add flour until it makes a nice dough.
Let rise in a warm place until double in size.
Punch down with floured hands and let rise again.
Flour hands and form into small loaves in pan (15 x 15-inch).
Let rise again, then bake at 350\u00b0 until light brown. Take out and let cool and then pull or cut loaves apart, then put back into pan to dry in a 300\u00b0 oven; do not burn.
Can be frozen or stored in a closed container.