Handsome breakfast filled bread. On holiday mornings, I often get up before everyone else and make several kinds of Swedish Tea Rings before the family gets up. It has become a tradition especially on Christmas morning. Note - I usually use dried buttermilk and increase water accordingly.
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Handsome breakfast filled bread. On holiday mornings, I often get up before everyone else and make several kinds of Swedish Tea Rings before the family gets up. It has become a tradition especially on Christmas morning. Note - I usually use dried buttermilk and increase water accordingly.
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Ingredients
Bread Dough
- 2 pkgs Active Dry Yeast
- 1/2 C Warm Water
- 1 1/4 C Buttermilk
- 2 Eggs
- 6-6 1/2 C Flour
- 1/2 C Sugar
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 Tbsp Melted butter to brush on at end of baking
- Canned filling of your choice or brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins
- Garnishes and icing of your choice
Cinnamon, Sugar & Raisin Option
- 1/2 C Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 C Raisins
Simple Sweet Icing
- 1 C Confectioners Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Milk
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Servings:
Instructions
- Put 1/2 of flour, yeast, salt, baking powder and sugar in mixing bowl to use with dough hooks. (If using dried buttermilk, put the dry buttermilk in as well.)
- Put water (including amount to add if using dried buttermilk), butter and buttermilk in a large measuring cup.
- Mix dry ingredients together with a fork.
- Put wet ingredients in the microwave until about 125 degrees - about 1 or 2 minutes unless using cold buttermilk. Stir and check temperature. If too hot, set aside and wait to cool. Once at 110 - 125 degrees, add eggs to liquids and beat.
- Add liquids to dry ingredients and mix with dough hooks.
- Once mixed together, begin adding remaining flour
- Process with dough hooks until dough is smooth and shiny.
- Take large bowl and coat with spray vegetable oil
- Put dough in prepared bowl, turn once and cover with a hot moist clean dish towel. Allow to rise until at least double 30 - 60 min.
- Punch down and turn out onto floured board, Knead a few times and divide dough into 2 - 4 equal parts depending on size desired.
- Roll out portion until about 1/4 - 3/8 inch thick.
- Spread with filling - see notes if using cinnamon, sugar and raisins.
- Roll dough into a tube and place on cookie sheet or pizza sheet sprayed with vegetable oil putting ends together to form a ring. Pinch in any loose ends.
- Cut dough with scissors from out side 3/4 the way through and turn slightly.
- Repeat for each ring
- Let rise until double. Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 25 minutes
- Brush with melted butter and bake another five minutes
- Ice with simple sweet icing and/or garnish.
Cinnamon, Sugar & Raisin Option
- Mix brown sugar and cinnamon. Brush rolled out dough with melted butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon mixture proportionate to the division of the dough. sprinkle raisins on top, roll dough into a tube and follow recipe to complete.
Simple Sweet Icing
- Mix together until smooth and ice cooled ring by drizzling the icing over the ring.
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