Recipe - Christmas Tree Loaves Klippta Kransar(Clip-Ta Krahn-Sar

1 pack Active dry yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
One half cup Butter
1 One half cup Hot scalded milk
One half cup Sugar
2 Eggs; unbeaten
2 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon French's Cardamom
6 cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
Flour*, sifted
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Funsten's Nuts; chopped
4 teaspoon French's Cinnamon
3 tablespoon Butter
Vanilla Glaze
Red and green cherries
French's Colored Sugars
Funsten's Nuts (additional)

BAKE at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. MAKES 3 Christmas trees. Soften
yeast in warm water. Melt butter in hot scalded milk in large bowl. Cool to
lukewarm. Stir in sugar, eggs, salt and cardamom (if desired) and softened
yeast. Add gradually 6 to 7 cups flour to make a stiff dough. Knead on
floured surface 5 to 7 minutes. Place in greased bowl and cover. Let rise
in warm place (85 degrees to 90 degrees F.) until light and doubled in
size, 1 One half hours to 2 hours. Punch down dough; cover. Let rise in warm
place for 30 minutes. Combine sugar, One half cups nuts, chopped, and 4
teaspoons cinnamon. Melt butter and set aside. Divide dough into 3 parts.
Roll out 1 part on floured surface to a triangle 15 inches at the base, 10
inches high and One fourth inch thick; shape with hands and rolling pin. Brush
generously with melted butter. Sprinkle with 1/3 of sugar mixture. Roll up
triangle, starting with one of the bottom corners and rolling along the
base to form a triangleshaped roll. Place on greased baking sheet. Flatten
triangle. Cut deep gashes at Three fourths inch intervals down each side almost to
center. Stretch and fold each cut section back on its side to form a
"branch" . Cut off bottom "branch" on each side to form "base" of tree.
Cover. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise in warm place until light, 30
to 45 minutes. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 20 to 25 minutes. Frost
with Vanilla Glaze.

Decorate "branches" with red and green cherries or French's Colored Sugars
and Funsten's Nuts.

*For use with Pillsbury's Best SelfRising Flour, omit salt. For Fanned
Cinnamon Rolls: Use recipe for Christmas Tree Loaves. Divide dough into 2
parts. Roll out 1 part to an 18 x 10inch rectangle. Brush with melted
butter. Sprinkle with half the sugar mixture. Roll as for jelly roll,
starting with 18inch side. Cut into 1 1/2inch pieces. Make cuts down
through roll to One half inch of opposite side. Spread slices, overlapping in
fan shape. Place on greased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Let
rise 30 to 45 minutes. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen.

NOTES : "From Pillsbury's European Recipe ServiceA Bread from Sweden."

Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #848 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 15, 1997