Recipe - Hazelnut Honey Buns

DOUGH
1 Envelope active dry yeast
One fourth cup Sugar
1 Three fourths cup Warm milk; skim or whole,
(1050f to 115 f)
5 cup Allpurpose flour
One half Stick butter or margarine;
melted
Whites from 2 large eggs
1 Stick butter or margarine;
melted
1 cup Honey
1 cup Chopped toasted hazelnuts
One fourth cup Sugar mixed with 2 tsps
ground cinnamon

1 Have ready 24 regularsize (2 1/2inch) muffin cups. 2. Dough: Stir
yeast and One half teaspoon of the sugar into milk. Let stand 10 minutes or
until foamy. 3. Meanwhile mix remaining sugar and the flour in a large
bowl. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Pour in yeast mixture, butter
and egg whites. Stir with a wooden spoon until flour is incorporated and a
soft dough forms (dough will pull away from sides of bowl). 4. Turn dough
out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead about 5 minutes, until smoooth
and elastic, sprinkling surface with more flour if sticky. 5. Wipe bowl
clean. Spray with vegetable cooking spray. Place dough in bowl and turn to
oil all sides. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise in a warm
draft4ree place about 1 hour until doubled. 6. Grease muffin cups. Place 1
teaspoon butter, 2 teaspoons honey and 2 teaspoons hazelnuts in each. 7.
Punch down dough and knead in bowl several times. Turn out onto floured
surface. Roll into a 21x12inch rectangle. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
With a long side facing you, roll tightly lengthwise, jellyroll style. Cut
crosswise in 24 pieces. 8. Arrange cut~ide down in muffin cups. Let rise in
a warm place 50 minutes until doubled. 9. Meanwhile heat oven to 3500F.
Place muffin pans on cookie sheets to catch drips. Bake 30 to 35 minutes
until golden brown. 10. Invert muffin tins on a cookie sheet. Slowly lift
pan letting excess honey drip onto buns. Cool 15 minutes; serve warm. (
Makes 24.

4/4/95 WOMAN'S DAY 139

NOTES : LCost Prep: 35 mn Rise: 1 hr50min Bake.: 35 mn Cost per Bun: 20~
Planning Tip: These freeze well for up to 2 months foilwrapped in a single
layer. Reheat, wrapped, in a 3500F oven 25 minutes.
Recipe by: Woman's Day

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #973 by Leon & Miriam Posvolsky
miriamp@pobox.com on Dec 28, 1997