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Elephant Bread is for Dessert.

Elephant Bread takes 50 minutes to prepare.

Elephant Bread takes 20 minutes to cook.

Elephant Bread makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Elephant Bread are:

Sweet Dough:
2 ? tsp. active dry yeast
? cup water, 110-115 degrees F
1 cup whole milk, 110-115 degrees F
? cup butter melted and slightly cooled, divided
2 eggs room temperature
? cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. salt
3 cups all-purpose flour

Cinnamon-Nut Filling:
? cup granulated sugar
? cup finely ground pecans
1 tbsp. cinnamon

Molasses Glaze:
2 cups confectioners? sugar
2 tbsp. Grandma?s molasses
2 tbsp. butter, room temperature
? cup plus 1 tbsp. whole milk

Here is how you make Elephant Bread:

1.Place yeast and warm water in a large mixing bowl; stir briefly to combine. Add warm milk, ? cup melted butter, eggs, sugar, salt and 2 cups of flour. Stir until a sticky dough forms. Add extra flour a little at a time until a soft dough forms (you may not have to use all the flour). Turn dough onto a well-floured surface and with a timer set, knead for 6-8 minutes until smooth and elastic. Place dough in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise in a warm place until doubled (about 1 ? hours).1.Gently punch down dough and let stand for 10 minutes. Divide dough in half, and place on a well-floured surface. Roll each piece of dough into a 10x15-inch rectangle. Coat the rolled pastries with the remaining butter using a pastry brush. 3.Place filling ingredients in a small bowl and stir together. Sprinkle mixture over buttered pastries. Roll them up, jelly roll style, starting with a long side. Pinch together the seams to seal in the filling. 4.Place each rolled pastry on a baking sheet, seam-side up and fold in half so that the seams are touching and half the dough is resting on top of the other half. Cut folded pastries with a pair of clean kitchen scissors lengthwise and down the middle within 1.5 inches of the open ends. Open cut pastry and lay flat so it resembles a heart shape (or two elephant ears). Cover pastries with plastic wrap and allow them rise in a warm area for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and bake for 20 minutes. Remove pastries from oven and allow them to cool slightly.5.In a medium bowl, stir together molasses and room temperature butter; add confectioners? sugar and milk. Stir well. Mixture should be thin enough to drizzle. If mixture is too thick add additional milk 1 tsp. at a time. Generously drizzle glaze over pastries and serve. Serving Size: 2 Coffee cakes - 12 ServingsNumber of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SAEABRYONY.

The nutritional information for Elephant Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 432.6

• Total Fat: 18.6 g
• Cholesterol: 68.4 mg
• Sodium: 313.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 61.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
• Protein: 6.1 g