Chokecherry Crown Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 1/4 cups unsifted flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 2 cups chokecherries, pitted
• 1 cup chokecherry juice
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk (to get to drizzling consistency)

Recipe

• 1 for filling:.
• 2 blend chokecherry juice with sugar and cornstarch.
• 3 cook, stirring constantly until thickened and clear.
• 4 add pitted chokecherries.
• 5 cool.
• 6 for dough:.
• 7 in large bowl mix 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and undissolved yeast.
• 8 combine milk, water and butter or margarine in sauce pan and heat over low heat until liquid is very warm (120 to 130 degrees).
• 9 butter/margarine doesn't need to have melted completely.
• 10 gradually add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 11 add egg and 1/2 cup flour.
• 12 beat at high speed 2 minutes.
• 13 add enough additional flour to make a stiff batter.
• 14 cover bowl tightly with foil.
• 15 chill in refrigerator 2 hours or overnight.
• 16 remove dough from refrigerator and let warm up and raise slightly, about 1/2 hour.
• 17 turn dough out onto lightly floured board, divide into 18 pieces.
• 18 roll each piece into a rope, 15 inches long.
• 19 hold one end of each rope in place and wind dough around loosely to form coil.
• 20 tuck end firmly underneath.
• 21 place on greased baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
• 22 cover.
• 23 let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• 24 make indentations about 1 inch wide in center of each coil.
• 25 pressing to bottom.
• 26 fill with chokecherry filling,.
• 27 bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until done.
• 28 remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
• 29 while cooling, make icing.
• 30 when cool, drizzle with thin icing.