Bunch O' Bread

Ingredients

3 c wheat pastry flour
1 tb dry yeast
1/4 ts cardamom
1/4 ts nutmeg
3/4 c apple juice
1/4 c maple syrup
3 tb butter
2 tb orange liqueur
1 egg
1/4 c poppy seeds
2 tb honey
1/4 c butter
1/2 flour with yeast

Instructions

Remove 1/4 of dough; set aside. Shape remaining dough into 1" balls. Arrange on oiled cookie sheet in shape of a bunch of grapes. Brush with egg white and sprinkle on poppy seeds. With remaining dough form grape vine and leaves; attach to grapes at the top. Brush leaves and stem with egg white. Let rise in warm place 1/2 hour. Melt butter and honey together; slash grape leaves and brush slashes with this. Bake at 350 degrees 20-30 minutes or until bread makes thunking sound when tapped with knuckle.