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Cinnamon Apple Rolls

These amazing rolls actually look like apples! They add great fun and good flavor to breakfast or brunch.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 3 hr 1 min
Servings 20

Ingredients

1: package regular or quick active dry yeast

1: cup unsweetened apple juice, warmed (105°F to 115°F)

3 1/2: to 4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/3: cup sugar

1: teaspoon salt

1/4: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: egg

3/4: cup red sugar

1 1/2: teaspoons ground cinnamon

40: raisins (1/4 cup)

1/3: cup butter or margarine, melted

5: cinnamon sticks

20: fresh mint leaves, frosted

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Directions

1 Dissolve yeast in apple juice in large bowl; let stand 1 minute. Mix in 2 cups of the flour, 1/3 cup sugar, the salt, 1/4 cup butter and the egg; beat vigorously with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
2 Place dough on lightly floured surface; gently roll in flour to coat. Knead about 3 minutes or until smooth and springy. Place dough in large bowl greased with shortening, turning dough to grease all sides. (Dough can be refrigerated at this point no longer than 24 hours.) Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place 60 to 70 minutes or until almost double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)
3 Grease 12 medium muffin cups, 2 1/2x1 1/4 inches. Mix red sugar and cinnamon. Gently push fist into dough to deflate. Divide into 20 equal pieces; cover and refrigerate 8 pieces. Flatten each of the remaining 12 pieces into 2-inch round. Place 2 raisins in center for apple seeds. Bring sides of dough up over raisins; pinch edges to seal. Dip dough in melted butter to coat completely; coat with sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place pinched sides down in muffin cups. Insert handle end of wooden spoon about 3/4 inch in top of each, and rotate handle slightly to make indentation for stem. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place 35 minutes.
4 Heat oven to 375ºF. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until rolls just begin to brown under coating. Immediately remove from pan to wire rack. Repeat steps with refrigerated pieces. Cool rolls 30 minutes. Break each cinnamon stick into fourths. Insert in indentations in apples for stems. Place mint leaf next to stem.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Ovens are ideal, draft-free places for raising dough. Place the bowl of dough in an unheated oven. Set a large pan of hot water under the bowl on the oven's lower rack, and let the yeast work its magic.

Make the "red sugar" for these yummy rolls by adding a few drops of red food color to 3/4 cup granulated sugar. With a fork, stir sugar until the color is evenly distributed.

Create a spectacular centerpiece by serving these apple rolls spilling out from a Pastry Cornucopia (recipe on this site). Don't forget the camera!

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 185
Calories from Fat: 55 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6 g; 6 %
(Saturated Fat 3 g, 3 % ),
Cholesterol: 20 mg; 20 %;
Sodium: 140 mg; 140 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 31 g; 31 %
(Dietary Fiber 1 g 1 % ),
Protein: 3 g; 3 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 6%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 10/25/2007 10:07:29 AM REPORT ABUSE mark alex said:

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it tasted good but it was a lot of work for something that didn''t necessarily resemble an apple. all and all it wasn''t worth it!!

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Posted 11/20/2006 7:51:55 AM REPORT ABUSE David S. said:

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I have had this recipe for many years now. I use it almost every holiday season. These rolls a fairly easy to make, as far as homemade bread goes. I would like for them to be a little more flakey, but I''m not an expert in bread making, so it could be me, not the recipe. I also plan to experiment by adding some cinnamon to the dough itself. My daughter had a blast helping me. It was the first time she has ever helped make bread outside of a bread machine. They make a nice presentation and are pretty tasty, when fresh. Warn your guests that the stems are for presentation only or they will try to lift them by it and the roll will end up on the floor or in someone''s lap.

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