German Christmas Bread - Recipe #21213 - Foodgeeks

Ingredients

• 1-1/4 cup seedless white raisins
• 1-1/3 cup currants
• 1-1/3 cup sugar (divided)
• 3 tbsp. rum (optional)
• 4 cakes compressed yeast or
• 4 pkg. active dry yeast ,(4 tablespoons)
• 2 cups lukewarm milk
• 8 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1-1/3 cup butter
• 1 dash grated nutmeg
• 1 dash ginger
• 1 lemon and 1 orange
• 1 tbsp. all purpose flour
• 1-3/4 cup slivered blanched almonds
• 1 cup chopped candied citron peel
• 6 tbsp. butter
• Sifted confectioners’ sugar