Kings'Bread Ring Recipe
Ingredients
| 1 teaspoon dried orange peel | ||
| Light rum | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Active dry yeast | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Warm water | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Milk | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 4 Tablespoon | |
| Unsalted butter | 4 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Flour | 3 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Eggs | 2 | |
| Confectioners' Icing | ||
| Candied cherries or candied orange peel, if desired | ||
Directions
1 Soak orange peel in rum about 30 minutes. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
2 Heat milk, sugar, butter, and salt to warm (105°-115°F).
3 Add 1 1/2 cups flour, eggs, yeast mixture, and the rum-soaked orange peel. Mix thoroughly.
4 Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
5 Here you insert coin or doll if desired. (Just warn your guests!) Roll dough into long rope. Shape into a ring and seal ends together. Place on greased baking sheet.
6 Cover; let rise in warm place until double€”about 1 hour.
7 Bake in a preheated 350°F oven 35€”45 minutes or until done. Cool on wire rack.
8 Frost with icing and, if desired, decorate with candied cherries or orange peel.
2 Heat milk, sugar, butter, and salt to warm (105°-115°F).
3 Add 1 1/2 cups flour, eggs, yeast mixture, and the rum-soaked orange peel. Mix thoroughly.
4 Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
5 Here you insert coin or doll if desired. (Just warn your guests!) Roll dough into long rope. Shape into a ring and seal ends together. Place on greased baking sheet.
6 Cover; let rise in warm place until double€”about 1 hour.
7 Bake in a preheated 350°F oven 35€”45 minutes or until done. Cool on wire rack.
8 Frost with icing and, if desired, decorate with candied cherries or orange peel.
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