Italian Anise Bread

• 12 3/8 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 5 tablespoons anise seed
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• 2 cups warm milk
• 8 eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter, melted

1. Combine flour, sugar, and anise seed together in a very large bowl; create a well in the center.
2. Mix warm water and yeast together in a bowl.
3. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 10 minutes.
4. Beat warm milk, eggs, and butter together in a bowl; stir into yeast mixture.
5. Add milk mixture to the well in the flour mixture.
6. Knead flour-milk mixture using your hands until dough and your hands are no longer sticky.
7. Cover dough with a clean cotton cloth and let rise, 8 hours to overnight.
8. Grease and flour 6 loaf pans.
9. Punch dough down and divide into 6 portions.
10. Mold each portion into a round shape and place each in a prepared pan.
11. Cover pans and let rise for 1 hour more.
12. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
13. Bake in the preheated oven until bread is cooked through, 45 to 50 minutes.

allpurpose, white sugar, anise seed, water, active dry yeast, warm milk, eggs, butter

Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/italian-anise-bread/ (may not work)