Moravian Love Feast Buns Recipes

MORAVIAN LOVE FEAST BUNS

Steps:

• Pare the potato, cut in chunks, and cook in boiling water until tender. Drain, saving 1/2 cup of the potato water. Mash potatoes until smooth and measure out 1/2 cup of them. Sprinkle yeast over warm water to dissolve. Combine mashed potato, 1/2 cup of the reserved potato water, butter, sugar, salt, and eggs. When mixture is lukewarm, stir in yeast. Cover with a tea towel and set bowl in a warm place until mixture is spongy looking. Then mix in the flour thoroughly. (At this point you should have a soft dough add more flour, if needed.) Cover and let rise in a warm spot until double in size. Punch dough down and knead on a floured board until smooth. Pinch off pieces of the dough and shape into buns about 3 inches in diameter. Place on a greased cookie sheet and let rise a third time until almost double in size. Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 25 to 30 minutes. When buns begin to turn golden brown, brush tops with cream or melted butter. Cool before serving.

MORAVIAN LOVE FEAST BUNS

Steps:

• Place cubed potato and enough water to cover in small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook potatountil fork-tender. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the potato water. Mash potato to measure 1/2 cup; set aside.
• In the same saucepan combine potato water, 1/4 cup of water and1/2 cup butter. Heat until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F).
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour, the sugar,salt, and yeast; mix well. Add warm potato water mixture; beat until well blended. Add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beatinguntil smooth. Cover and refrigerate 8 to 24 hours.
• Grease cookie sheets. Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles. Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead dough 6 to 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Dividedough into 16 pieces. Shape each into smooth, round bun; place on greased cookie sheets. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and cloth towel. Let rise in warm place (80 to 85 degrees F) until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Uncover dough. Cut 1/4 cup cold butter into 16 equal pieces. Press one piece into the center of each bun. Sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

EASY MORAVIAN CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and shortening, and mix until crumbly. Add sugar, eggs, and milk; mix thoroughly.
• Divide batter into two 8 inch round or square greased baking pans. Dot the top with 1/2 cup butter broken into pieces the size of lima beans. Sprinkle top with 1/4 cup brown sugar for each cake, sprinkle cinnamon on top.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 30 minutes.

BREAD MACHINE MORAVIAN LOVEFEAST BREAD

Steps:

• All ingredients must be at room temperature.
• Add ingredients in the order specified in your bread machine owner's manual.
• Set bread machine on standard bread making setting.
• Select crust light.