Zwieback - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. flour
1/2 lb. butter
3/4 c. sugar
4 c. chopped pecans (lengthwise)
6 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. crushed anise seed
2 Tbsp. salt
2 pkg. Fleischmann's yeast
4 c. warm milk

Preparation

Mix
all these ingredients well except pecans and anise seed, and let rise like bread.
When dough is risen, place it on a floured
board
and
work
in the 4 cups of pecans, with flour sprinkled
over
them, and add 3 tablespoons of crushed anise seed.
Cut
dough
so as to make about 6 to 8 flat round or oval loaves about one inch thick.
Place on greased pan and let
rise again to double its size.
Before placing into oven of
375\u00b0 spread
the dough loaves with beaten egg and bake in hot
oven. Let
loaves cool and cut the loaves 1/4 inch thick slices and roll in sugar and cinnamon that was mixed in a bowl and place
slices on a jelly roll pan and toast in oven until almost dry.