Magnolia Cafe Dried Cherry Crumb Buns Food

CLASSIC CRUMB BUNS

Steps:

• *Prepare the yeast dough.
• Place water in the bowl of your electric mixer, sprinkle with yeast and add sugar, stir until yeast is dissolved.
• Set aside for 10 minutes or until foam and a few bubbles start to form on the surface.
• In a small saucepan, over low heat, warm the milk and butter until butter just melts.
• Temperature of the mixture should not be more than 105°F Add the 105°F butter/milk into the proofed yeast mixture, stir.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix to combine.
• Add 1 cup of all purpose flour, the cake flour, 1/4 cup of sugar and the 1/2 tsp salt.
• Beat on low speed until smooth and well blended.
• Add 2 cups of the remaining flour and, with your mixer on slow, blend it in to the mixture.
• Slowly add the remaining flour in 1/4 cup increments until the dough forms a smooth, soft (not sticky) ball that comes away from the sides of the bowl.
• It may be necessary to do this last step by hand with a wooden spoon if your mixer is not a heavy duty model.
• If using the heavy duty mixer, install the dough hook and mix until the dough is smooth, about 3 minutes.
• OR, knead by hand for about 5 minutes on a lightly floured board, it should be smooth and will no longer stick to the work surface.
• Transfer the dough to a bowl that's been well buttered, flip it around a couple times to coat all sides of the ball.
• Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place to rise until it's about doubled in size.
• It can also rise overnight in the fridge, but must be allowed to come to room temperature before making crumb buns Using your fist gently punch down the dough to deflate.
• The dough is now ready to form into buns.
• **For the Crumbs.
• While your dough is rising, about 20 minutes before it's done, prepare the crumbs.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed beat the butter, sugars, salt and vanilla until the mixture is well combined, about one minute.
• Add the flour and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
• Combine until mixture just forms a crust.
• **For the buns.
• After punching down the dough, divide it into two portions, cover.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one portion of the dough until it forms a 8x14 inch rectangle about 1/4-inch thick.
• Brush the dough lightly with some melted butter and evenly sprinkle 3/4 cup of the crumb mixture over the buttered surface.
• Starting at the long side furtherest away from you fold 1/3rd of the dough over on itself, brush this surface with melted butter, fold the double layer of dough over again to cover the remaining 1/3rd of the dough that's closest to you.
• You will now have a 3 layered dough that's 14 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide.
• Press gently on the dough so the layers adhere and pinch around the edges to seal.
• Cut the rectangle into 7, 2-inch portions.
• Repeat with second half of dough.
• Butter a 9x13x2-inch baking pan, place the buns 1/2 inch apart in the pan.
• Brush the top of each bun with melted butter and sprinkle the remaining crumbs over the mixture allowing some to fall between.
• Gently press the crumbs into the top of the buns.
• Cover pan with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for about 30 minutes or unit the dough looks puffy.
• The buns should NOT be touching.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Remove plastic wrap from the buns and bake for about 40 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and the crumbs are slightly firm.
• The buns will have spread into one large pull apart pan of buns.
• Allow to cool on a rack for about 10 minutes.
• With a small sharp knife cut along the sides of the pan and carefully remove buns so as not to disturb crumbs.
• Transfer to a rack to cool, just before serving dust with confectioners sugar.
• Cover and store at room temperature for 2 days.
• To freshen wrap in foil and heat in a 300°F oven until just warm.

MAGNOLIA CAFE DRIED CHERRY CRUMB BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*.
• Grease and flour 16 large muffin cups.
• To make the buns; in a medium-size bowl, sift together the flour, the baking powder, the salt and the cinnamon; set aside.
• In a large bowl, on the low speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter and the sugar till fluffy -- about 3 minutes.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the vanilla extract.
• Add the dry ingredients, alternately with the buttermilk, in three parts, beating well after each addition.
• Stir the dried cherries into the batter (or whatever fruit you are using).
• Spoon the batter into the muffin cups.
• To prepare the topping:
• In a medium-size bowl, mix the flour and the brown sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle the topping over the buns, being sure to keep crumbs wihin muffin cups, otherwise they are difficult to remove.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden or until a cake tester inserted into center of bun comes out clean.

BLACK FOREST TRIFLE

Steps:

• Prepare cake according to package and cool.
• Cut the cake into layers, then into pieces.
• Place them so that they cover the bottom and sides of a large bowl.
• Pour in cherry pie filling and cover with remaining cake.
• Sprinkle rum over the cake.
• Make pudding and pour over next.
• Cover with whipped cream, shaved chocolate, and fresh cherries if desired.

MIDWEST SAUSAGE AND DRIED CHERRY STUFFING

Steps:

• In skillet, sauté the sausage, until brown.
• Drain grease and transfer to bread bowl.
• In same skillet, melt stick of butter, sauté all of the vegetables for 10 minutes until soft.
• Remove vegetables and place in bowl.
• Combine the sausage, vegetables, cherries, bread cubes and rest of ingredients EXCEPT the chicken broth.
• Add just enough chicken broth to moisten the bread mixture.
• You do not want it soaking wet.
• If packing the turkey, stuff the neck and cavity loosely with stuffing, folding the neck skin under and fastening with skewer.
• If not, lightly pack stuffing into a large, shallow baking dish.
• If you bake the stuffing inside the bird, roast the bird at 325 degrees for 15 minutes per pound or until the temperature of the bird reaches 170 degrees and the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with fork.
• Let turkey rest at least 20 minutes before carving.
• If you bake in separate dish, drizzle the stuffing with alittle bit of stock.
• Cover and bake at 325° for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Uncover and back for an additional 10 minutes.

MAGNOLIA CAFE OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• Grease well a 12 cup muffin tin.
• In a medium size bowl, mix the oats, and the milk and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile,in a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients, making a well in the center.
• Stir in the liquid ingredients and the oatmeal mixture until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
• Batter may be lumpy.
• Fill the muffin cups about three-quarters full.
• Bake for 16-18 minutes until lightly golden or a cake tester inserted in center of muffin comes with moist crumbs attached.
• Do not overbake!