Christmas Bubble Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the sugar, shortening, egg, salt and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Dip the balls in butter and arrange evenly in a greased 9-in. fluted tube pan. Drizzle with remaining butter. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes., Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Generously butter a 9x13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle pecans in bottom of pan. Place frozen dinner rolls in a single layer on top of pecans. Sprinkle dry pudding mix over the top.
• Combine butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Heat until boiling then pour over rolls. Cover with plastic wrap or wax paper and allow to stand overnight.
• In the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Steps:

• Pour your milk into a medium size saucepan. Add the soft butter and heat till the butter is melted.
• Pour the milk and the melted butter into a large bowl. Check the temperature of the milk. You want it to be between 100 and 110.
• Take your room temperature egg and brake it into a small bowl. With a fork, beat the egg and add it to the milk mixture. Add about 1 cup of flour and mix together with a wooden spoon.
• Add in the instant dry yeast and the ground cinnamon to the mixture. Using the wooden spoon beat till well blended.
• Add in the sugar and salt. Mix together. Add the rest of the flour and mix.
• Place dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead the dough. Using the palm of your hands, push the dough away with a rolling motion. Fold the dough back toward yourself. Then give the dough a quarter turn. Continue this sequence of pushing, folding and turning. Knead the dough for about 6-8 minutes. Adding flour as you need it. After pour a little oil into a clean bowl. Place the kneaded dough into the bowl and give it a turn to coat all sides of the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to bulk up to double it's size. This will take about 1 hour.
• After the dough has doubled in bulk, pour out onto a lightly floured surface. Flatten the dough and add the cranberries and the golden raisins. Knead the dough till the dried fruit is evenly spread throughout the dough.
• Shape the dough into a rectangle. Cut the dough with a sharp knife into three equal sizes.
• After you cut the dough into three equal parts. Cut each piece of dough in half again. Then cut each piece again in half. You should end up with 12 equal size pieces.
• Grease a 9 x 9 square pan. Roll each dough into a ball and place them into the pan 4 down 3 across.
• Cover the dough with plastic wrap once again. Allow to double in size. This will take about 1 hour. Place pan into a preheated 350F oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Or, till a thermometer is placed into the center of the bread in the middle and the temperature reads between 190 - 200. Remove from pan. While the bread is still hot brush with melted butter.
• As soon as you brush the melted butter on the top of the bread. Immediately tap a layer of powder sugar over the top with a sieve or sifter. Enjoy this wonderful bread.