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Mom's Christmas Candy Cane Bread Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
This is a double recipe to have a couple to share:

4 c. sour cream
4 pks active dry yeast
1 c. warm water (105-115 degrees)
1/2 c butter, softened
2/3 c. sugar
4 tsp salt
4 eggs
12 c. flour
3 c. finely chopped dried apricots
3 c. drained, finely chopped maraschino cherries
Directions:
Directions:
Heat sour cream over low heat just until lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in sour cream, 1/2 c. butter, the sugar, salt, eggs and 4 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.

Turn dough onto well-floured board; knead until smooth, about 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1 hour.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Punch down dough; divide into 6 equal parts. Roll each part into a rectangle, 15x6 ", place on greased baking sheet. With scissors, make 2" cuts at 1/2 " intervals on long sides of rectangles.

Combine apricots and cherries; spread 1/3 of mixture down center of each rectangle. Crisscross strips over filling. Stretch dough to 22" and curve to form a cane.

Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. While warm, brush with butter and drizzle canes with thin icing. Decorate with cherry halves or pieces.

THIN ICING:
Blend 3 c. confectioner's sugar with about 3 TBSP water. If icing is too stiff, stir in a few drops of water. I often add a drop of almond flavoring.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
6 breads
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
2 hours total
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My sons and I made these together every Christmas. I made many on my own as well so we could have plenty to give away. A warning: These are addictive. If you give one away, be prepared to do the same thing every year:-)
We would have the first bread the day we put up our Christmas tree and always a bread on Christmas morning for breakfast.
A lovely Christmas memory. I hope you will include this in your own family traditions.

 

 

 

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