Cinnamon Leaf Ring Coffee Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 2 packages dry yeast
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 6 cups flour (more or less)
• 1 1/2 cups margarine or 1 1/2 cups butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 3 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 cool milk to warm (110 degrees).
• 2 sprinkle yeast on top of milk and let stand to soften.
• 3 cream shortening and margarine.
• 4 add sugar and salt and cream until light and fluffy.
• 5 add eggs, yeast milk and enough flour to make a soft dough.
• 6 knead until smooth and elastic on lightly floured board.
• 7 place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise until doubled (about 1 hour).
• 8 roll dough thin (1/4 inch) and cut into rounds with a 2 inch round cutter dip each round into melted margarine, then into cinnamon sugar mixture.
• 9 stand rounds up in 2 well buttered ring molds 8 1/2"x 2 1/4".
• 10 let rise until light (about 1/2 hour).
• 11 bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
• 12 cool slightly before turning out.