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Directions:Scald milk, stir in Nabisco graham cracker crumbs, sugar, salt, and butter; cool to lukewarm.
Pour warm water into bowl, sprinkle in yeast. Let stand until dissolved, stir. Pour in milk mixture, stir in eggs. Beat in 1 1/2 cups of flour until smooth. Stir in remaining flour.
Knead dough on lightly floured board. Place in greased bowl, brush with melted butter, let rise until doubled in bulk (1 1/2 hours). Punch down, turn out on lightly floured board.
Divide in half, roll one half into a rectangled 10x14 inches. Brush with 2 tbsp melted butter sprinkle with 1/3 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of chopped nuts and 1/2 cup of dried fruit and peels. Roll up like a jelly roll. Cut 6 - 1 inch slices. Places slices cut side down in a star shaped pan, which has been spread with 1/4 cup melted butter and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Cut remaining roll into 1/2 inch slices. Place in a greased tree shaped pan.
Knead 1/2 cup of fruits and peels into the remaining dough, form into a braid on cookie sheet. Let rise in warm place until double in size (30 minutes).
Bake @ 350 degrees 25 to 30 minutes. Turn star buns out immediately. Glaze tree while still warm with thin confectioner's icing. Garnish with whole cherries. Star yields 6 buns, the tree yields 16 small bun and the braid makes 10 to 12 servings |
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Notes: The original recipe came from a Nabisco Cracker Chatter dated November / December 1960. This is the original recipe and then I have a recipe that I converted for a bread machine. By the way, I still have the original magazine, it is getting old and fragile, just as I am.
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