Jackie's New Year's Egg Bread

Jackie's New Year's Egg Bread

6 eggs
1 cup margarine
1 cup heated milk
1/2 cup lukewarm water
2 pkg dry yeast (4 tsp)
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
pinch saffron or tumeric
8 1/2 cups flour
-optional add 1/2 cup sugar