Here is some Information on Mexican Holiday Pastries

ngredients
1 / 4 cup milk
1 package yeast
4-5 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 / 4 teaspoon salt
1 1 / 2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 / 2 teaspoon anise seeds
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 / 4 cup butter, softened
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tsp. orange peel
2 candied fruit - lemon, orange, lime peel, cherries, figs and mangos
1 egg, beaten (for glaze)
1 / 3 cup granulated sugar (colored or plain)

Direction

* Preheat oven to 350F

* Heat the milk in a saucepan

* Turn off the heat and add the yeast

* Mix and let cool to room temperature

* In a bowl, sift the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, anise seeds, sugar and salt.

* In a separate bowl, add the wet ingredients: eggs, butter, yeast mixture and orange zest

* Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients

* Mix with your hand or a spatula until it forms a soft dough

* Sprinkle a little flour on the table and knead the dough with your hands until smooth and elastic

* Grease a bowl and place the dough

* Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave it 2 hours or until it doubles its size

* When the dough has risen, knead and form into a ring

* You can braid the dough for a nice design, or just drop in a simple ring.

* Decorate the dough with a slice of candied fruit

* Let the dough rise for 1 hour * Grease baking sheet

* Beat egg and brush on dough

* Sprinkle sugar over the dough

* Bake for 30 minutes until the top is a small brown

* Serve this bread warm with hot chocolate