This (finally) came out awesome--best ever. However, it did not appear to rise first go 'round. After waiting 1.5 hours for it to look 2x in bulk, I proofed another T. of yeast in warm water and kneaded it into the dough. Put the dough in a maybe 80 degree oven... It never looked really doubled in bulk but I'm not used to working w/ sweet dough, so I wasn't sure. I prepared it on the cookie sheet, waited 45 min, and then baked as instructed. It came out fine: texture, taste, everything. So happy ending after a lot of stress. I used homemade citron and candied cherries so I wondered if their being cold out of fridge discouraged the first yeast.

Reviewed On: Dec. 25, 2009