Two of your favorite things--bread and chocolate--in this yummy bun.
Cherry-Chocolate Buns
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Buns
- 1 package regular active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup warm water (105°F to 115°F)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 12 maraschino cherries, cut into eighths
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Beat in cocoa, granulated sugar, shortening, salt, egg and 1 cup of the flour with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
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Step2Stir in remaining flour and the cherries. Scrape batter from side of bowl. Cover and let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)
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Step3Grease 18 regular-size muffin cups. Stir down batter by beating 25 strokes. Fill muffin cups 1/2 full. Cover and let rise in warm place about 40 minutes or until double.
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Step4Heat oven to 375°F. Bake about 15 minutes. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack.
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Step5In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over warm buns.
Nutrition
130
Calories
4 g
Total Fat
2 g
Protein
23 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bun
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1 g
- Cholesterol
- 10 mg
- Sodium
- 70 mg
- Potassium
- 60 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 2 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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