Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon active yeast dry
• 3.5 cups bread flour 
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 2  eggs at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons lemon extract 
• 2 tablespoons warm water (100 degrees F/38 degrees C)
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• oven
• cake form
• bread machine

Directions

1. Pour both amounts of warm water into a bread machine and add butter, eggs, lemon extract, bread flour, sugar, and yeast in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough setting and start the machine.
2. Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans.
3. Remove dough when cycle is finished; cut dough into 3 equal-sized pieces.
4. Roll each piece into a ball and place into a prepared cake pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
6. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.