Saint Lucia'S Crown - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 c. warm water
pinch of saffron
1/2 c. lukewarm milk
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 c. butter, softened
4 1/2-5 c. flour
1/2 c, chopped citron
1/4 c. chopped blanched almonds
1 tbsp. grated lemon peel
green and red candied cherries
1 c. 10x sugar and 1 tsp. water blended for icing

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Stir saffron, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, butter and 2 1/2 c. of the flour into the yeast mixture.
Beat until smooth.
Stir in citron, almonds, lemon peel and remaining flour; enough to make dough easy to handle.