combine milk, eggs, and butter. Do not whisk the eggs, just break the yolks.
add 3 ½ cups of flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Add ¼ cup of flour till formed.
Set oven to lowest possible temp, add bread and cover with a damp towel for 20 mins. Once the oven reaches temp, turn off.
add raisins. divide dough into three parts and braid. Place back in the oven for 20 mins at lowest temp.
egg wash with room temp egg white, and bake at 325 for 20 mins