Koulitch, a recipe for Russian Easter bread from Gourmetpedia, for food lovers

Ingredients

• - 1.5 kg (3 lb. 5 oz.) flour
• - 10 eggs
• - 300 g (10 oz.) sugar
• - 250 g (9 oz.) butter
• - 750 ml (3 cups) milk
• - 200 g (7 oz.) raisins
• - 200 g (7 oz.) candied fruit
• - 50 g (2 oz.) blanched almonds
• - 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• - 1 nutmeg
• - 1/4 tsp. saffron
• - 20 g (2/3 oz.) yeast
• - bread crumbs
• - salt