Easter Sweet Bread Wreath - The Recipe Wench

Ingredients

• 5 Cups flour (use bread flour, if possible)
• ¾ cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Packages (1 Tablespoon) active dry yeast
• 2 Tablespoons grated lemon peel
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup half and half
• ½ cup butter
• 4 eggs (beaten)
• 4 Raw eggs (to place in braided wreath while baking)
• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon milk
• 4 Colorfully dyed hard-boiled eggs (to decorate the wreath after cooking)
• candy and Easter grass (for decorating, if desired)