I’m not really sure how a Swedish Tea Ring recipe became a holiday tradition in a German/Irish/English household but my mom has been making it for Christmas morning breakfast since I was a kid.
This is my mom.
And this is her well-worn Swedish Tea Ring recipe card…
…and the back.
And this is our annual delicious handmade Swedish Tea Ring. I highly recommend it for your Christmas morning family breakfast!
Like many breads, it’s an overnight project so my mom starts it each Christmas Eve. A Swedish Tea Ring became an Indiana Christmas staple, and I plan to keep up my mom’s tradition with my own family. What foods remind you of being home at Christmastime?
WANNA MAKE IT? Keep reading to see how to make a Swedish Tea Ring – it’s an easy Christmas breakfast recipe.
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup warm water (not hot!)
- 2 packages yeast
- 2 eggs beaten
- 5 to 5-1/2 cups unsifted flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- Melted butter
- 2 Tablespoons cinnamon
- ⅓ cup raisins or nuts
- Powdered sugar and milk
- Red cherries
- Scald milk. Stir in sugar, salt and butter until melted. Cool to lukewarm (tip: be patient and make sure to cool it or you’ll kill the yeast and/or cook the eggs, neither are good).
- Put water in a large bowl, sprinkle yeast on top. Add milk and mix.
- Beat 2 eggs and mix in.
- Add 2 cups of flour.
- Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour one cup at a time.
- When it begins to form a ball, put it onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.
- Place in a greased bowl, turn over once like so.
- Cover with a wet towel. Rest 1-1/2 hours until doubled in size.
- Punch down and roll into a 14″ x 18″ rectangle and brush with melted butter.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle. Add nuts or raisins (optional).
- Roll up from one end, bend into a circle and tuck ends together best you can.
- Snip every inch ⅔ the way and twist open.
- Lay a towel on top and allow to double in size. We usually let it go overnight but if you live in a warmer climate that may be too long.
- Bake 25-30 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Make frosting and top with cherries.
Ready to make this Swedish Tea Ring recipe? My mom is going to walk you through it step-by-step…
First, scald the milk (here’s why).
Stir in sugar, salt and butter until melted.
Cool to lukewarm (tip: be patient and make sure to cool it or you’ll kill the yeast and/or cook the eggs, neither are good). Put water in a large bowl, sprinkle yeast on top. (Be sure to use a large bowl. We did this step in a small bowl and then remembered it should have been in the large bowl, so had to pour it into the large bowl).
Add milk and mix. Beat 2 eggs.
And mix.
Add salt and 2 cups of flour.
Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour one cup at a time.
When it begins to form a ball like so…
Put it onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.
Place in a greased bowl, turn over once like so.
Cover with a wet towel. Rest 1-1/2 hours until doubled in size.
Punch down. This is a fun step. My mom used to let me do this when I was little.
Roll into a 14″ x 18″ rectangle.
Brush with melted butter.
Mix the topping – sugar, cinnamon, and nuts or raisins. Sprinkle with the sugar.
And the nuts or raisins, really as much or as little as you’d like.
Roll up from one end.
Bend into a circle and tuck ends together best you can.
Snip every inch 2/3 the way…
…and twist open.
Lay a towel on top and allow to double in size. We usually let it go overnight but if you live in a warmer climate that may be too long.
Bake 25-30 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Make frosting and top with cherries.
Be sure to pin this Swedish Tea Ring recipe for later
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