Name: Easter Kulick with Paska
Ingredients: 2 pk Active Dry Yeast; 1/2 c Warm Water; 1/2 c Warm Milk; 1/2 c Sugar; 1 ts Salt (opt); 2 Eggs; 1/2 c Shortening; 6 Flour; 1/2 c Raisins; 1/4 c Blanched Almonds, chopped; 1/2 ts Vanilla; 1/2 c Powdered Sugar; 1 1/2 ts Warm Water; 1/2 ts Grated Lemon Peel; 1/2 ts Lemon Juice; 1/4 lb Sweet Butter, unsalted; 1/2 lb Powdered Sugar; 4 Egg Yolks; 3 lb Farmer Cheese; 1/4 lb Raisins; 1/2 lb Nuts, chopped; 1 ts Vanilla; 1/2 pt Cream; 2 c Cherries, chopped

One is struck with the personality of this text [Mt. 11:28]. There are two persons in it, 'you' and 'me'... Jesus says, 'Come to Me, not to anybody else but to Me.' He does not say, 'Come to hear a sermon about Me' but 'Come to Me, to My work and person.' You will observe that no one is put between you and Christ... Come to Jesus directly, even to Jesus Himself. You do want a mediator between yourselves and God, but you do not want a mediator between yourselves and Jesus... To Him we may look at once, with unveiled face, guilty as we are. To Him we may come, just as we are, without anyone to recommend us or plead for us or make a bridge for us to Jesus... You, as you are, are to come to Christ as He is, and the promise is that on your coming to Him he will give you rest. That is the assurance of Jesus Himself, and there is no deception in it... You see there are two persons. Let everybody else vanish, and let these two be left alone, to transact heavenly business with each other.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Grains		Breads, Frostings	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	pk	Active Dry Yeast
1/2	c	Warm Water
1/2	c	Warm Milk
1/2	c	Sugar
1	ts	Salt (opt)
2		Eggs
1/2	c	Shortening
6		Flour
1/2	c	Raisins
1/4	c	Blanched Almonds, chopped
1/2	ts	Vanilla
1/2	c	Powdered Sugar
1 1/2	ts	Warm Water
1/2	ts	Grated Lemon Peel
1/2	ts	Lemon Juice
1/4	lb	Sweet Butter, unsalted
1/2	lb	Powdered Sugar
4		Egg Yolks
3	lb	Farmer Cheese
1/4	lb	Raisins
1/2	lb	Nuts, chopped
1	ts	Vanilla
1/2	pt	Cream
2	c	Cherries, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

BREAD
FROSTING
PASKA
*** Bread ***
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, sugar, eggs, shortening, 2/
cups flour, raisins, almonds and vanilla. Beat until smooth with electric
mixer. Mix in enough flour remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead adding remaining flour until
smooth and elestic, about 5 minutes. Cover with saran wrap and let rest 20
minutes. Divide in half and let rise about 1/ hours until double. Place
each half in a well greased 1-lb coffee can. Let rise to top of cans (about
40 minutes). Preheat oven to 375oF. Bake 40-45 minutes or until brown.
Remove and drizzle with frosting mixture while still warm and serve with
Paska.
*** Frosting ***
Mix all ingredients together.
*** Paska ***
Mix the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add remaining ingredients,
mixing well. Put in a cheese cloth to drain out liquid (about 3 hours),
using a weight. Remove from cloth and refrigerate.
Source: "The Yankee Kitchen" 04-01-93 (#3) [Alberta]
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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