Jule Kage

• servings: 2 loaves
• active time: 17 hrs
• total time: 17 hours 35 minutes

Ingredients

The Night Before:

2 cups whole milk

388 grams all-purpose flour( 3 cups)

1 1/2 tbsp active dry yeast

IN THE MORNING:

1/2 cup butter melted and

COOLED

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg well beaten

2 tsp kosher salt

1 tbsp cardamom

1/4 tsp mace

¾ cup golden raisins

¾ cup candied fruit heaping

¾ cup currants

414 grams bread flour 3 cups

TOPPING:

1 egg yolk

2 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons half and half

Directions

PRHEAT: Bake to 350 and bake on rimless parchment lined pan. For 30 to 35 minutes..

1. Beginning about 4 pm In large bowl place 2 cups milk heated 2 minutes in microwave, sprinkle yeast over. Add 388 grams all-pupoes flour mix well. Cover let sit over night.

2. In morning: in saucepan, melt butter COOL, add to overnight sponge.

3. Add sugar, beaten egg, salt, spices, fruit mixed with some of the bread flour, add just enough more bread flour to make a nice dough. Mix until incorporated, turn out and knead well for a full 10 minutes. Put in sprayed dough box, let rise until double about 1 1/2 hours.

4. Punch down let rise another 45 minutes, then divide into 2 round loaves, weigh grams.

5. Place on parchment lined sheet, cover let rise 45-50 minutes.

6. Brush with beaten yolk, sugar, and half and half.