JOLLY "BREADFAST" RING

By pbaumgartner

(Peg's recipe)

Ingredients

• Melt:
• 3 Ts. butter
• Pour into 9-inch ring mold or use 9-inch round cake pan and turn custard cup upside down in center.
• Sprinkle:
• 3 Tbs. brown sugar over butter
• 6 maraschino cherries over brown sugar
• 1/4 c. chopped nuts over cherries and brown sugar
• Sift into a large bowl:
• 2 c. flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 2 tsp. sugar
• Cut in till like coarse crumbs:
• 1/2 c. shortening
• Make a well in mixture and add:
• 2/3 c. milk

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 45mins

Preparation

Step 1

Stir quickly with fork just until dough follows fork around bowl.
Turn dough onto lightly floured counter. (Dough will be soft.) Knead 10-12 times.
Divide dough into 12 pieces; shape into balls.

Roll dough in:
3 Tbs. melted butter
Roll again in a mixture of:
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 Tbs. chopped nuts

Place in prepared ring mold or cake pan. If you have extra sugar/cinnamon/nut mixture, sprinkle over dough in pan.
Bake in 400º oven for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and turn upside down on plate. Serve warm.