Title: Swedish coffee ring / swedish christmas crown - abm
 Categories: Abm, Coffee-cake, Brunch, Posted-mm, Suzy
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
MMMMM---------------------------DOUGH--------------------------------
    3/4 c  Water
      2 lg Eggs
    1/4 c  Butter, softened
      1 pn Saffron* or 2-3drops yellow
           Food coloring
    1/2 ts Ground cardamom
      4 c  Bread flour
    1/3 c  Granulated sugar
      1 ts Salt
      4 ts Bread machine yeast
    1/3 c  Chopped citron
    1/4 c  Chopped blanched almonds
      3 ts Grated lemon peel
           Green & red candied cherries

MMMMM---------------------------GLAZE--------------------------------
    1/2 c  10X Lemon flavored sugar
    1/2 c  10X sugar - plain flavor
      1 tb Water + as needed
 
  Place all the dough ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order
  recommended by the manufacturer, EXCEPT the citron, almonds and lemon
  peel.
  
  Process on Dough/Manual cycle. DO NOT USE THE DELAY CYCLE. According
  to your machine add the citron, almonds and lemon peel at the raisin
  or nuts signal beep or 5 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.
  
  Grease a large cookie sheet. (I prefer the air-cushion type as it
  doesn't over brown the bottom of the bread.)
  
  Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 30-inch rope on a lightly
  floured pastry board. Place ropes close together on the prepared
  cookie sheet. Twist the ropes over each other gently and then loosely
  into a circle. Press the ends together to seal. Cover and allow to
  rise in a warm place 45-50 minutes or until double in size.
  
  Heat oven to 375 degrees F . Bake ring 20-25 minutes or until golden
  brown; cool. Drizzle with Glaze. Garnish with cherries if desired.
  
  Glaze: With a fork blend the sugars together. All of one flavor can
  be used if desired.  Add water and mix until smooth and thin enough
  to drizzle over the cake. Add or decrease water accordingly.
  
  *To make a SWEDISH CHRISTMAS CROWN: After bread has cooled, make
  holes for 6 candles in bread. Drizzle with glaze. Garnish with
  cherries and insert candles.
  
  From the recipe files of suzy@bestweb.net