{"id":60,"slug":"anise-bread-penia","title":"Anise Bread (Penia)","description":"Penia is a sweet bread of Italian origin traditionally made at Easter time.","ingredients_raw":["300 g Eggs","1 cup (200 g) White granulated sugar","½ cup (120 g) Butter, melted","25.5 g Yeast cakes","¼ cup (58.72 g) Warm water","100 g Lemons, zested and juiced","1 fl oz (26 g) Anise extract","6 tbsp (40.2 g) Anise seed","1 tsp (6 g) Salt","5–6 cups flour (687.5 g) Flour"],"ingredients_norm":["egg","white granulated sugar","butter","yeast cake","warm water","lemons zested and juiced","anise extract","anise seed","salt","flour flour"],"steps":["Dissolve the yeast cakes in the warm water and set aside.","Beat eggs until fluffy.","Add sugar and beat.","Add melted butter and beat, then add salt.","Add the juices and spices.","Add the water-yeast mixture, and stir until well blended.","Add flour, then mix until ready for kneading.","Knead thoroughly until dough springs back when finger-poked.","Allow dough to rise overnight (12 hours) or until doubled in size.","Divide dough into 7 portions.","Shape each portion into the shape of dolls.","Allow to rise for 2 to 3 hours.","Bake at 275–300°F (140–160°C) for 15–20 minutes."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for bread","Easter recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using anise","Recipes using egg","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using butter","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using lemon zest"],"prep_time_minutes":45,"cook_time_minutes":20,"total_time_minutes":965,"servings":"~7","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Anise_Bread_(Penia)","source_ref":"4526521","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Anise_Bread_(Penia)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"870ce62fd3edcf10eab1b53661e507542fb3690ecbb89d05eeaaeb3c67cc9f98","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/anise-bread-penia"}