Blackberry Bubble Ring Food

BLACK RASPBERRY BUBBLE RING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, egg, salt and 3-1/2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 32 pieces. Flatten each into a 3-in. disk. Place about 1 teaspoon of preserves on the center of each piece; bring edges together and seal., Place 16 dough balls in a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Brush with half the remaining butter; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Top with remaining balls, butter and sugar. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 35 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°., Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Combine syrup ingredients; pour over warm bread. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

BLITZ BUBBLE RING

Steps:

• Flatten each biscuit to approximately 3".
• Cut each package of cream cheese into 20 squares.
• Place 1 square of cream cheese into the center of each flattened biscuit.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon and carefully spoon 1 tsp of cinnamon/sugar mix over each square of cream cheese.
• Pinch and seal each biscuit.
• Brush heavy duty Bundt Pan with melted butter (heavy duty pan is important).
• Sprinkle a tablespoons of cinnamon/sugar mixture around bottom of Bundt Pan.
• Sprinkle a small handful of chopped pecans around pan.
• Add layer of biscuits seam side down into pan (keeps biscuits from popping open during baking).
• Brush first layer of biscuits with melted butter, sprinkle with more cinnamon/sugar mix and add a few more chopped pecans into pan over biscuits.
• Continue adding biscuits 1 layer at a time - remembering to brush each layer with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mix and add a few more chopped pecans.
• Bake at 365 for approximately 30 minutes (watch closely near the end of baking time and adjust if necessary).
• When done baking, turn out IMMEDIATLY onto serving platter - if allowed to cool, it will stick to the pan.