Saint Lucia Day braided bread

Ingrediants:
Dough:
1 1/4 cups milk
2 1/4- ounce packages active dry yeast
1/4 cups and 1 tablespoon suger
6 tablespoons butter, cut into peices
2 large eggs
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon finally grated orange grind
1 teaspoon salt
6 cups all-purpose flour

Glaze and Garnish:
2 1/2 cups powdered suger
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/3 cup cranberries
white birthday cake candeles

• warm milk and put 1/2 a cup in a large bowl
• add yeast and 1 tablespoon suger, let sit for 5 minutes. Melt butter in the remaining milk
• add butter and milk mixture with yeast mixture, whisk eggs, juice, 1/4 cup suger, orange rind, and salt
• Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time, until the dough can be gathered in a ball. Kneed flour on a flouered counter for 10 minutes adding flour until dough is smooth and elastic and dosn't stick to your hands
• Transfer dough to an oiled bowl turning it once to completly coat it. loosly cover bowl with plastic wrap to rise (1 1/2 hours)
• Punch down dough and split into 3 parts. roll to 30- inch ropes. braid together
• transfer braid to greased baking pan. pinch together ends to make a circle, let rise until doubled in size (45 min.)
• heat oven to 375. bake bread for 25 minutes. let cool on wire wrack for 30 minutes
• mix powdered suger and orange juice in a medium bowl until smooth
• drizzle glaze and add cranberries on bread. finally add candles. serves 12