Julekake - Christmas Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 lb butter
7 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
2 packages dried yeast (I use Fleishmann's)
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup chopped citron

Preparation

Heat milk with sugar and butter.
Let milk mixture cool.
Mix together flour and cardamom and dried yeast.
Add flour mixture to milk mixture.
Mix well.
Cover dough with a clean cloth, let stand in a warm place overnight.
In the morning, work raisins and chopped citron into the dough.
Form into loaves.
Let rise until doubled in bulk.
Bake at 350*.
45 minutes or until done.