Orange-Glazed Christmas Bread

  1. Bread: Place frozen dough in a large oiled bowl, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
  2. Let dough rest in warm place, away from drafts, until doubled in size -- several hours.
  3. Punch dough down and divide into 23 walnut-size balls on a lightly floured surface.
  4. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large nonstick baking sheet.
  5. Arrange balls of dough on baking sheet in the shape of a Christmas tree: 2 balls for the "trunk," 6 across for the bottom row of "branches," then 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 at the top, allowing balls to touch one another.
  6. Brush tree-shaped dough with egg and allow to rise until doubled in size -- 20 to 25 minutes.
  7. In a small bowl, combine granulated sugar and cinnamon.
  8. Generously brush dough tree with melted butter.
  9. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar evenly over the top.
  10. Bake until golden brown -- 15 to 20 minutes.
  11. Transfer baking sheet to wire rack set over a piece of waxed paper; let bread cool 10 minutes.
  12. Transfer bread to wire rack.
  13. Orange Glaze: In a medium bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, orange rind, and enough orange juice to attain a fairly runny consistency.
  14. Drizzle orange glaze over bread and let cool before serving.

frozen white bread dough, egg, sugar, ground cinnamon, butter, confectioners, orange rind, orange juice

Taken from www.delish.com/recipefinder/orange-glazed-christmas-bread-3956 (may not work)

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