8 cups all purpose flour3 1/2 cup water
2 tablespoon yeast
1/2 cup tapa de dulce (brown sugar)
1/2 cup lard (or substitute Vegetable shortening)
2 tablespoon vanilla
1/4 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup dried fruits
1/2 cup raisins
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Combine yeast with 2 cups warm water in a bowl. Add 2 ½ cups flour and mix. Let it stand for three hours. Place tapa de dulce (brown sugar) in a saucepan with 1 ½ cups water. Bring it to boil. Boil until the tapa de dulce is completely dissolved.
Pour tapa de dulce liquid into a bowl. Add the flour-yeast mix, 5 ½ cup flour, lard (or vegetable shortening), vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, candy fruits, and raisins. Mix until smooth.
Cut the dough into three-equaled pieces. Form three rolls. Save a little dough to decorate cake and cut it in thin pieces.
Decorate rolls forming small figures with thin pieces of dough.
Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Transfer to a rack to cool.
Makes 3 large bread rolls.