Swedish Tea Ring

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Description

This is a hand-shaped, filled yeast bread that my 2-year-old daughter loves to help prepare. The dough can be made ahead and refrigerated, then baked in the morning. Sprinkle chopped, toasted almonds over the ring if you wish. Nuts can also be added to the filling along with the raisins.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 ¼ cups bread flour
  • ¾ teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 tablespoon milk, or as needed

Instructions

  1. In a bread machine
  2. put milk
  3. egg
  4. butter
  5. sugar
  6. salt
  7. bread flour
  8. and yeast in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the Dough cycle and press Start. When dough is mixed
  9. transfer to a greased bowl; cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled
  10. about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  11. Grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper; set aside.
  12. Divide dough in half. Roll each piece out into rectangles about 12×16 inches. Spread each dough rectangle with 1 tablespoon softened butter. In a small bowl
  13. combine 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  14. 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  15. and 1/2 cup raisins.
  16. Sprinkle cinnamon mixture onto buttered dough. Roll them up jelly-roll fashion
  17. along long side. Pinch edges to seal. Stretch and twist into rings
  18. pinching ends to seal. Place them seam-side down onto prepared baking sheets. Using clean scissors
  19. cut 2/3 way of the way through the loaf at about 1-inch intervals. Spread each cut slightly. you wish to
  20. [At this point
  21. the dough can be refrigerated: cover dough with greased plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. The next morning
  22. let pastries come to room temperature for about half an hour before baking as directed in step 7.]
  23. Alternately
  24. cover each ring with a clean towel or greased plastic wrap and let loaves rise until double
  25. about 40 minutes.
  26. Arrange two oven racks so that both baking sheets will fit. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  27. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated; rotate baking sheets. Bake until rings are light brown and the filling is oozing and bubbling
  28. about 10 minutes more.
  29. In a small mixing bowl
  30. combine confectioners sugar
  31. almond extract
  32. and milk until icing is desired consistency. Drizzle icing over warm pastries.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 24

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