Cinnamon crescent: Hows to make this easy shortcut coffee cake ring
Your turn to supply refreshments for the club meeting? You’ll rate a gold star you bring along our Cinnamon Crescent — a delicious coffee cake that’s made with roll mix, then filled with a spicy raisin-nut mixture.
Our recipe gives you a bonus — it makes two crescents. Take both to the meeting, or keep one at home for those nibblers and evening drop-ins.
These coffee cake rings are also great for an afternoon tea, a Sunday morning brunch, or a continental breakfast with fruit juice and lots of coffee.
ANOTHER RECIPE FROM THIS YEAR: Pecan pizza coffee cake (1968)
Cinnamon crescent coffee cake ring
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- Hot roll mix
- Yeast package
- 3 eggs
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Light cream
- 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- Dash salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Using only the 1/2 cup water, soften yeast from 1 package hot roll mix according to package directions.
- Beat the 3 eggs in large bowl. Add the softened yeast, hot roll mix, and 6 tablespoons butter or margarine.
- Blend well.
- Cover; let rise till double, about 1 hour.
- Sprinkle the flour on board; knead into dough to form a soft dough.
- Divide in half.
- On lightly floured surface, roll each into a 12- by 10-inch rectangle.
- Brush each with melted butter.
- Combine raisins, sugar, chopped walnuts, and ground cinnamon.
- Sprinkle half over each rectangle.
- Roll up like you would a jelly roll, starting with long edge.
- Place, sealed side down, on greased baking sheet, curving to form a crescent, and pinching ends to seal.
- Cover; let rise till light, about 1/2 hour.
- Bake in moderate oven, 375 (F), for 25 minutes.
- Frost with a confectioners’ icing, which you can make by adding light cream to 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar till of spreading consistency; then add a dash salt, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Notes
Makes 2 crescent rolls, each roll with 12 servings each.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 142Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 50mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 17gProtein: 2g
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