Rosemary Walnut Bread

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese 
• 2 packages yeast dry
• 3  eggs 
• 5 cups flour 
• 2 tablespoons honey 
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest 
• 1.5 cups milk (100 to 110 degrees)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 3 tablespoons rosemary chopped
• 16 servings salt to taste
• 2 cups walnuts 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven

Directions

1. Combine first four ingredients, add yeast, and let stand for 5 minutes.Stir in two cups flour, cover with plastic, and place in a warm spot (85 degrees) for 15 minutes.
2. Add rest of flour, nuts, lemon, rosemary, and 2 eggs.
3. Mix in bowl until it sticks together, then turn onto floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.Rub top with olive oil and place in oiled bowl.Cover with damp cloth, and let rise for 1 hour.Return dough to floured surface and form into two leaf-shaped loaves.Make three diagonal slashes, inch deep.
4. Brush top with egg, and let rise for 30 minutes.
5. Bake in 375 degree oven for 40 minutes.
6. Let stand twenty minutes before slicingor as long as you can wait.