Rice Bread (Pirog)

Description

This is one of our family’s traditional recipes, a regional Polish sweet bread with rice filling (From Breaking Bread: A Family History Preserved By Seven Sisters). It makes a wonderful tea bread!

Ingredients

  • 1 (0.6 ounce) cake compressed fresh yeast
  • ¼ cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup margarine
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup golden raisins
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 2 cups cold milk
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 pinch salt

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins

Servings: 18

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