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Surprise Buns Recipe

	Oregongrandma / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago Taken from an old Betty Crocker recipe. Sugar-butter-almond coating with a center of candied orange peel. Yummy! Prep:20m Cook:25m Servings:24	Oregongrand
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Ingredients

1 cup lukewarm milk

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. crushed cardamom (about 8 seeds)

1 pkg. yeast

1 egg

1/4 cup soft shortening

3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups flour

4 Tbs. melted butter

1/2 cup canndied orange peel finely chopped.

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup finely chopped blanced almonds

Directions

Mix together milk, 1/4 cup sugar, salt and cardamom.

Add yeast and stir until dissolved.Stir in egg. Add shortening, mix then add flour. Add in 2 additions amount necessary to make dough easy to handle. Turn onto a lightly floured board; cover and let stand 10 minutes. Knead until smooth and elastic. Round up and place in a greased bowl; turn once to bring greased side up. cover with a damp cloth and set to rise until indention remains when two fingers are pressed deeply into dough (double in bulk) (about 2 hours) Punch down dough; round up on board and cover; let rest for 15 minutes. Form into twenty-four buns. Make an indentiation in each bun. Fill each indentation with about 1 tsp. candied orange peel; then pinch dough around peel to seal it in a little pocket. Roll buns in melted butter and then in a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and the almonds. Place in two greased round layer pans, or on a greased cooky sheet 1/2 inch apart. Let rise until impression remains when dough is touched gently with finger. (45 to 60 minutes) Bake at 375 degrees. Remove from pands and cool on racks.

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