Swedish Tea Ring Recipe
This Swedish Tea Ring is simply awesome ! Try this out for your party tea this weekend with your friends. Bake this candied fruits and almond bread beforehand and see for yourself if you like it. your suggestions for this Swedish Tea Ring are welcome.
Ingredients
1/2 tablespoon active dry yeast
2 tablespoons warm water (105°-115°F)
2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3-3 1/2 cups flour
1 egg
Confectioners' Icing
Additional candied fruit
Filling
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
3 tablespoons ground almonds
1/3 cup chopped mixed candied fruit
Directions
1 Dissolve yeast in warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes. Heat milk, butter, sugar, and salt to warm (105°-115°F).
2 Combine 2 cups flour, milk mixture, yeast mixture, and egg in mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly.
3 Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
4 Place in greased bowl, turning to coat top. Cover; put in warm place. Let rise until double€”about 1 hour.
5 Punch down dough. Cream butter, sugar, lemon peel, and ground almonds. Mix thoroughly.
6 Roll dough into a 10 x 14-inch rectangle. Sprinkle ground almond mixture over dough. Place candied fruit on top.
7 Roll up jelly-roll style and seal edge. Form in a ring, sealed edge down, on greased baking sheet. Seal ends together. Snip with scissors from outside edge every 1 1/2 inch. Turn cut pieces on side.
8 To keep hole round, place greased custard cup in center. (You can put a nondrip candle in the center for a Christmas touch when serving at the table.)
9 Cover; let rise until almost double€”about 45 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven about 30 minutes or until done. Cool on rack.
10 Frost with icing and decorate with extra candied fruit.
2 Combine 2 cups flour, milk mixture, yeast mixture, and egg in mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly.
3 Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth€”about 10 minutes.
4 Place in greased bowl, turning to coat top. Cover; put in warm place. Let rise until double€”about 1 hour.
5 Punch down dough. Cream butter, sugar, lemon peel, and ground almonds. Mix thoroughly.
6 Roll dough into a 10 x 14-inch rectangle. Sprinkle ground almond mixture over dough. Place candied fruit on top.
7 Roll up jelly-roll style and seal edge. Form in a ring, sealed edge down, on greased baking sheet. Seal ends together. Snip with scissors from outside edge every 1 1/2 inch. Turn cut pieces on side.
8 To keep hole round, place greased custard cup in center. (You can put a nondrip candle in the center for a Christmas touch when serving at the table.)
9 Cover; let rise until almost double€”about 45 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven about 30 minutes or until done. Cool on rack.
10 Frost with icing and decorate with extra candied fruit.
