Swedish Tea Ring
Recipe: #27640
August 18, 2017
Categories: Breads, Brunch, Christmas, Easter, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Yeast Bread, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
"Makes 2 cakes"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (784.9 g)
- Calories 2680
- Total Fat - 89 g
- Saturated Fat - 28.2 g
- Cholesterol - 277 mg
- Sodium - 1539.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 438.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 13.4 g
- Sugars - 203.1 g
- Protein - 41.3 g
- Calcium - 249 mg
- Iron - 6.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in Warm water.
Step 2
Add milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour. Mix till smooth.
Step 3
Add enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.
Step 4
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
Step 5
Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning dough to coat in oil.
Step 6
Let rise, covered with a damp cloth, until doubled. approximately 1 hr.
Step 7
Punch down dough.
Step 8
Divide dough in half.
Step 9
Roll each half of the dough into a 15x9 rectangle.
Step 10
Spread each rectangle with butter and sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and raisins.
Step 11
Roll up dough, beginning at the wide side. Repeat with other rectangle.
Step 12
With seam side down, form two rings on a lightly greased baking sheet. Pinch ends of each ring together to seal.
Step 13
Make cuts with scissors 2/3 of the way through rings, at 1 inch intervals, truning each interval to its side.
Step 14
Let rise until double.
Step 15
Bake 25 - 30 minutes at 375.
Step 16
Garnish with frosting, nuts, or cherries.
Tips
No special items needed.