Raisin buns - country living

12 buns

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅓ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
2½ cup Unsifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Salt
⅓ cup Butter
1¼ cup Milk
⅓ cup Dark seedless raisins
Sugar Glaze (recipe follows)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400'F. Lightly grease large baking sheet. In small bowl, combine 1 T sugar and the cinna- mon; set aside. In large bowl, combine flour, remaining sugar, the baking powder, and salt.

Melt 1 T butter; set aside. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut remaining butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Add milk and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened and a stiff dough forms, being careful not to overmix.

3. Between floured sheets of waxed paper, roll out dough to a 12- by 8-inch rectangle. Brush dough with melted butter; sprinkle with raisins and cinnamon-sugar mixture.

4. Using waxed paper for support, roll up dough to forri1 a 12-inch roll. With knife, cut roll crosswise into twelve 1 -inch buns. Place buns on greased baking sheet.

5. Bake buns 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, make Sugar Glaze. When buns are removed from oven, brush immediately with glaze. Cool buns on wire rack before serving.

Sugar Glaze: in 1-quart saucepan, heat ¼ C water and ¼ C sugar to boiling. Cook, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside until ready to use.

Nutrition information per bun-protein: 4 grams; fat: 6 grams; carbohydrate: 34 grams; fiber: 1 gram; sodium: 227 milligrams; cholesterol: 17 milligrams; calories: 206.

Country Living/March/94 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG

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