Easter Bread - Lidia

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups golden raisins
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons
• Four 3/5-ounce cakes fresh yeast, crumbled (1/3 cup), or four 1-ounce packages instant dry yeast
• 9 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, or as needed, sifted
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 6 large egg yolks, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the bowl of dough
• 1/2 cup Vin Santo, Verduzzo, or other sweet white wine