Reviews & Comments

This is my 29th Christmas of making these (also with the old recipe, using sour cream instead of buttermilk). I always make 12-20 on the morning of Christmas Eve, and my husband and I spend the afternoon delivering them to friends and family. The old recipe uses a simple powdered sugar glaze: 2 cups powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons water. I don't use the apricots, but double the amount of cherries. Yummm ... These are easy to make ... taste delicious ... are beautiful gifts. Can't be beat!

To habaneromama: I remember my mother making this recipe with the sourcream. But the cookbook is gone. Could you tell me how much sourcream?

P.S. re these coffee cakes - I used sour cream in the original recipe, and have never ever used the cinnamon candies. ;)

This makes a wonderful presentation at a party or dinner! The braiding was very easy although I was nervous about it at first. I did find that the filling leaks a bit, and if you look closely at the picture you can see the filling around the bottom there as well, so just be careful not to make your cuts too far towards the middle of the dough. I also canned pie filling as suggested here. It was delicious, tasted similar to a cherry danish!