Christmas Coffee Bread Ring Recipe
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Ingredients: Mix in:
1/4 C. raisins - soaked in 2 tbsp water (directions say at least 2 hours but I don't think I've ever soaked them for that long - I always forget until I'm ready to make the bread!)
Dough:
1/2 C. milk
1/4 C. water
1 egg
3 C. flour (bread flour preferred)
1/3 C. sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp ground cardamom
1/4 C. (1/2 stick) butter
3 1/2 tsp. dry yeast
Topping:
1 egg, beaten
Sugar, preferably Swedish Pearl Sugar (available at IKEA)
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Directions:I make the dough in my bread machine on the large dough setting. The directions are for that method. If not using a bread machine, prepare dough as you would any yeast bread.
Place all dough ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed. On my machine I select SWEET DOUGH cycle, large. The machine beeps after 15 minutes and then add in the raisins. Let machine complete the dough cycle (on my machine this takes 1 hour and 35 minutes).
Grease cookie sheet, Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into 20-inch rope on lightly floured surface. Place ropes next to each other on the cookie sheet, Braid gently and form loosely into a circle. Press ends together to fasten. Cover; let rise in warm place 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until almost double.
Heat oven to 350. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack. |
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Notes: This coffee bread has become a tradition for my family to eat on Christmas morning, with our coffee, while opening gifts. It started with me buying the bread through a VASA lodge member. When that was no longer an option, I decided to make my own. The first few years were experimental. (The first year I forgot to set the machine on the dough cycle and suddenly realized the dough was baking in the machine!) I also experimented with the amount of cardamom, so if you find that my amount is too much, just reduce it accordingly.
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