Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3/4 cup warm water (100 degrees f/38 degrees c)
• 2 tablespoons warm water (100 degrees f/38 degrees c)
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 eggs at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract
• 3 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 45 mins


• pour both amounts of warm water into a bread machine and add butter, eggs, lemon extract, bread flour, sugar, and yeast in the order recommended by the manufacturer. select dough setting and start the machine.
• grease 3 8-inch round cake pans.
• remove dough when cycle is finished; cut dough into 3 equal-sized pieces. roll each piece into a ball and place into a prepared cake pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.