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No Mardi Gras celebration would be complete without the festive King Cake, a sweet cinnamon
flavored dessert.
Directions
- Heat butter, sour cream, sugar, and salt in saucepan over low heat until butter
melts. Stir often.
Dissolve both packets of yeast in 1/2 cup warm water with a tablespoon
of sugar mixed in. Let stand 5 minutes, or until the yeast starts to bubble. Add the butter
mixture, eggs, and 2 cups of flour and beat with a mixer for two minutes, or until mixture
becomes smooth. Gradually add enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Place dough
on a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth--approximately 10 minutes. Place dough in a
greased bowl and turn the dough so that all sides are greased. Cover and let rise in a warm place
for approximately one hour, or until doubled in size.
Mix 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon
and set aside for later.
After the dough has risen, punch it down and divide it in half. Place
one portion on a slightly floured surface and roll it with a rolling pin into a rectangle
approximately 10"x 22".
Spread half the butter over the surface of the dough with a spatula and then sprinkle half of
the cinnamon and sugar mixture over it, as well.
If you are adding a coin, bean, or figurine as a token in the King Cake, place it on the rolled
out dough just before rolling it up so the token is contained in the rolled up dough.
Start on the long side of the dough and roll it like a jelly roll. Place the roll, seam side
down, on a greased baking sheet and bring the ends together to form an oval ring. Pinch ends
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