Beorn's Sweet Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup butter, softened, plus more for greasing pan
• 1 1/4-1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry active yeast
• 1/2 cup raisins, soaked in 1 cup rum overnight
• 1 slice almonds, for the top
• powdered sugar, for dusting
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• rum from the raisins

Recipe

• 1 liberally grease a bundt pan with butter and set aside.
• 2 cream together the butter and egg yolks until light and fluffy.
• 3 add the milk, vanilla, honey, orange zest, and apple pie spice. mix well.
• 4 slowly beat in the flour.
• 5 add the yeast and salt.
• 6 beat with paddle attachment on a stand mixer at medium speed for about 15 minutes.
• 7 fold in the raisins, reserving the rum for the sauce.
• 8 stick the almonds to the inside of the bundt pan, pour the dough into the pan, cover, and allow to rise for about 4 hours.
• 9 preheat the oven to 325°f bake for about 55-60 minutes. when the bread is almost done baking, combine the sauce ingredients in a saucepan.
• 10 heat over low heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar is dissolved and the butter is melted.
• 11 remove the bread from the oven. poke hols in the bread with toothpicks.
• 12 pour the sauce over the bread while both are still warm.
• 13 loosen the bread from the pan with a butter knife, but let the bread cool completely before removing.
• 14 turn out onto a serving plate and dust with powdered sugar before serving.