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Title: Candy Cane Coffeecakes
Categories: Christmas Bread
Yield: 2 Coffeecake
| LISA CRAWLEY/TSPN | ||
| 3 1/2 | c | To 4 1/2 c. Flour; divided |
| 1 | pk | Quick-rising Yeast |
| 1/3 | c | Sugar |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 3/4 | c | Buttermilk |
| 1/2 | c | Butter; cut into 6 pieces |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1/4 | c | Butter; softened |
| 1/4 | c | Light Brown Sugar;firm pack |
| 2 | tb | Granulated Sugar |
| 1 | ts | Ground Cinnamon |
| 1 | Recipe Glaze (below) | |
| GLAZE | ||
| 1 | c | Confectioners' Sugar |
| Milk | ||
COFFEECAKES: Combine 2 c of the flour, the yeast, the sugar and the salt in a lg. mixer bowl. Heat buttermilk and butter to very warm (125 F to 130 degree F.) Add to flour mixture w/ the eggs. Beat on low speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl constantly, about 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. Knead dough on well-floured surface until smooth and elastic, 3-5 minutes, adding additional flour as needed to prevent dough from sticking. Let dough rest, covered, 10 minutes. Meanwhile, for the filling, combine butter, sugars and cinnamon; mix to form a paste. Divide dough into two equal parts. On well-floured surface, roll each to a 14x6" rectangle. Place on buttered cookie sheet. Make 2" cuts on 14" sides of rectangles at 1/2" intervals. Spread half of the cinnamon-butter paste down center of each rectangle. Crisscross strips over cinnamon mixture. Gently stretch each rectangle to 20"; curve to form cane shape. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until nearly doughble, 20-30 minutes. Bake in a 375 oven 18-20minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly on wire rack. Drizzle w/ glaze. Decorate as desired. Makes 2 coffeecakes, 8 servings each. FOR GLAZE: Mix confectioners' sugar with milk to form desired consistency for glazing. NOTE: To freeze, cool completely. Do not glaze. Wrap each securely in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Freeze up to 2 months. To reheat, place frozen coffeecake in 350 oven for 20 minutes or until heated through. Drizzle w/ glaze. PERSONAL NOTE:The picture of this in the newspaper decorates these w/ a zigzag pattern all the way down. Red gumdrops are used as holly berries w/ the minted green gumdrop leaves in 3 locations. Marachino cherries in red are zigagged from top to bottom.
From: Lorelia
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