INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Place  dough ingredients in bread pan, select Dough setting, and press
Start. When the dough has risen long enough, the machine will beep.
Turn off bread machine, remove bread pan, and turn out dough onto a
lightly floured countertop or cutting board. Gently roll and stretch
dough into an 18-inch rope.  Grease a large baking sheet(s).  With a
sharp knife, divide the dough into 17 pieces. Roll each piece  into a
ball and place it on the greased baking sheet in the shape of  a
Christmas tree, spaced about a half-inch apart; 5 balls for the  bottom
roll, 4 balls for the next row, 3 balls for the next row, 2  balls for
the next row, and 1 ball at the top. Combine the remaining  2 balls
into 1 large ball, gently roll it into a thick rope and shape  it into
an "S" to form the tree trunk.  VARIATION:  This recipe makes one large
Christmas tree coffee cake. To  create 2, 4, or 6 smaller trees, simply
divide the dough into 2, 4,  or 6 pieces initially and then follow the
directions for dividing up  the dough and shaping each tree.  3.  Cover
and let rise in a warm oven for 30 to 45 minutes until  doubled. (Hint:
To warm oven slightly, turn oven on Warm setting for  1 minute, then
turn it off, and place covered dough in oven to rise.  Remove from oven
to preheat.)  Remove baking sheet(s) from oven.  Preheat oven to 375 F.
4.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.  Cool on a cake rack.  5.
When the coffee cake(s) is cooled, in a small bowl, combine the  icing
ingredients, adding enough liquid to make the icing thin enough  to
spread over the coffee cake. Spread each roll with icing, then
decorate with cinnamon red hot candies.  Yields 1 Christmas tree coffee
cake.  Nutritional information per  Christmas tree:  Calories 149, Fat
3.4 g, Carbohydrate 26.3 g,  Protein 3.2 g, Fiber .7 gm, Sodium 166 mg,
Cholesterol 20.5 mg.  Joyce's Notes:  For a cinnamon nut coffee cake, I
added 1 tsp. of  cinnamon and about 1/2 cups chopped pecans. Good!! I
also made 2  trees by dividing the dough in half, then making 12 balls,
using 10  for the tree and 2 for the trunk.  Source:  "The Bread
Machine Magic Book of Helpful Hints" by Linda  Rehberg and Lois Conway.
Meal-Mastered for you by Joyce Burton. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3
#300  Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 14:21:26 +0000  From: Linda Place
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 7729
Calories From Fat: 1416
Total Fat: 162g
Cholesterol: 684.6mg
Sodium: 15635.5mg
Potassium: 19009.3mg
Carbohydrates: 1126.4g
Fiber: 10.1g
Sugar: 839.9g
Protein: 451.2g