Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread

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. Roll each piece into a ball and place into a prepared cake pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.

Cook's Note:

I usually brush melted butter on top of each loaf and sprinkle with white sanding sugar.