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Christmas Tree Bread




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients




2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg, divided
3/4 cup (4 oz.) diced dried fruit mix
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp.baking powder
1-1/2 tsp.pumpkin pie spice (or 3/4 tsp. each ground cinnamon, ground cloves)
1/2 tsp.salt
1 stick cold, unsalted butter or margarine, cut to small pieces
sugar








Recipe




Check to see 1 rack is in bottom third of oven and heat oven to 425º F. (215º C.) Measure milk in a 2-cup measure, add sugar and egg yolk, stir to mix well. Stir in dried fruit. Let stand until ready to use. Put flour, baking powder, spice and salt into a large bowl, stir to mix well. Add butter and cut in with pastry blender or rub in with fingers, until mixture looks like fine granules. Stir milk mixture and pour over flour mixture. Stir with a fork until a soft dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and give 10 kneads. (If very sticky, let stand 3 - 4 minutes or add a
little more flour.) Cut off about 1/4 of dough. Put remaining dough on an ungreased cookie sheet at least 16" long. Using both rolling pin and fingers, pat and roll dough into a flat triangle about 12" long and 9" wide across bottom. With scissors, make about 10 diagonal cuts down each long side, cutting to within about 1" of center. Shape a small piece of reserved dough into a trunk at bottom of tree and remaining dough into a "pot." Dough may now be covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated for a couple of hours or frozen up to 2 weeks. Bake tree 10 minutes. Beat egg white with a fork until broken up. Brush over hot bread, sprinkle with sugar. Bake 5 - 8 minutes longer, until light brown. With two spatulas, carefully transfer tree to a wire rack. If possible, cool at least 2 hours before serving. Let guests break off small pieces.
Makes 10-12 small servings.