Joyce's Fantastic Lemon Easter Bread

Step 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.

Step 2
Grease 3 8-inch round cake pans.

Step 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.

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

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