Cream Cheese tea Ring.. Comfort Food

 

 

Ingredients

•  Cream Cheese Tea Ring...adapted from Rhodes
• 1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
• Icing:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 teaspoons milk

 

Instructions

1. With a mixer, beat the cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and butter till smooth. Set aside.
2. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out into a 14 x 8 inch rectangle. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough almost to the edges. Starting with one of the longer sides, roll up dough as if making cinnamon rolls. Gently pinch seam to seal, then seal ends together to make ring. Make cuts every 1 1/2 inches or so...about 7/8 of the way through the ring (from outside towards the middle). Twist each ring on its side so that filling shows.
3. Place ring on parchment lined baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and let rise an hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350º and bake 20-25 minutes, till ring is puffed and golden.
5. While cooling, make icing by mixing all ingredients together. Place the icing in a quart ziplock bag and snip off corner. Drizzle icing over tea ring.