New Years Bread

Ingredients

2 starter
1/2 pt salt
3 pt sugar
2 eggs
1/2 butter melted
1/2 pt cinnamon
1 orange rind
3 flour

Instructions

1 ea Egg;beaten add salt, sugar, eggs, melted butter and orange rind to starter and mix well. Add the flour to the culture one cup at a time till to stiff to mix by hand. turn out and knead till satiny. Shape into a round loaf. Place on a greased baking sheet and let rise 1 to 2 hours till doubled in bulk. Glaze surface with beaten egg and sprinkle with split almonds. Bake 375 for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.