Pan Dulce Navideńo

Ingredients
yeast Ingredients Dough Ingredients
 * 2 spoonfuls dry yeast or 4 spoonfuls fresh yeast
 * 1/4 cup water, lukewarm
 * 2 spoonfuls Sugar
 * 2 water cups, lukewarm
 * 2 cups flour
 * 10 cups flour cups, more or less
 * 11/2 cups Sugar
 * 6 whole eggs
 * 1 spoonful salt
 * 11/2 cups butter
 * 2 cups milk, lukewarm
 * 1 spoonfuls orange blossom water
 * 1 spoonful cognac
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
 * 6 cups raisins
 * 1 cup nuts, peeled and chopped
 * 1 cup glazed orange rind
 * 1 cup almonds, peeled and chopped

Directions
yeast Preparation Dough Preparation
 * 1) In a deep bowl, put the 1/4 cup of water with the two spoonfuls of Sugar. Mix well. Add the yeast and let it soak for five minutes.
 * 2) To this mixture add the two cups of water, little by little, and the two cups of flour. Mix well and let rest until it raises and doubles.
 * 3) Place this mixture under the sun or near the stove, covering with a dish cloth or towel.
 * 1) To the yeast add the 11/2 cup of Sugar, the spoonful of salt, the 11/2 cup of butter, the six eggs slightly beaten, the 2 cups of milk, the spoonful of orange blossom water, the spoonful of cognac, the essence of vanilla and the flour. Mix all ingredients very well.
 * 2) On a table knead the dough until bubbles burst. Place the dough in a bowl and cover it whit a dish cloth or towel. Place the dough under the sun or near the stove so that it doubles in size for a second time.
 * 3) In the meantime, mix nuts, almonds and glazed orange rind with one or two spoonfuls of flour, so that the fruit does not go to the bottom of the bread.
 * 4) Once the dough doubles in size, add the fruit. Mix very well. Place the dough under the sun or near the stove so that it doubles in size for a third time.
 * 5) Once the dough has doubled in size, divide it into eight parts. Make a ball with each piece and then flatten it, forming a bread loaf. Place bread loafs in a non-sticky baking sheet.
 * 6) Let double for the fourth time. Bake it at medium temperature (European oven:150 degrees Celsius; American oven:302 degrees Fahrenheit) for forty-five minutes to one hour.
 * 7) In a small bowl add a spoonful of boiling water, ten spoonfuls of fine Sugar more or less, until it thickens, and finally, a teaspoon of vanilla essence.
 * 8) Remove the bread loafs from the oven. While still hot, covered them with the Sugar mixture suing a brush. If wanted, decorate with glazed fruit or raisins.