Belizean Style Creole Bun

Ingredients

3/4 cup warm water about 115 F

2 tsp sugar (used to proof yeast)

6 tsp yeast (active dry - it's the only one I use)

2 sticks of butter or margarine (I used margarine for this recipe)

1 can evaporated milk ( I used carnation)

2 tsp vanilla

1 egg

1 tsp Cinnamon Powder

1 tsp Nutmeg

2 cups brown sugar (not packed)

1 cup white sugar

9 cups bread flour (All purpose flour also works)

1 TBS Shortening (to grease baking pans)

Preparation

• Stir sugar into the warm water (115 F) and mix in the yeast. Set aside and allow 10 minutes to rise.

• In the meantime, mix the flour, sugar and seasonings in a deep bowl. Make a hole in the center of the flour mixture.
• Melt the margarine in the microwave for 1 minute. It will not be completely dissolved, but that's ok.
• Remove the margarine from the microwave and add the evaporated milk. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds. Do not boil.
• Remove from microwave and beat in the egg.
• Add the yeast to the warm milk mixture and stir for about 10 seconds. Add the milk mixture to the hole in the center of the flour mixture.

• Mix with a wooden spoon until the dough holds together and knead. I put the dough in my bread machine and knead it for 15 minutes. Saves my shoulders and back. If you have a lovely kitchen Aid appliance go ahead and use it.
• Let it rise for 2 hours. I cover mine and put it in the oven and go about my business.
• Knead it again on a floured board or in your bread machine or Kitchen Aid for about 15 minutes.
• Grease your baking pans with shortening.
• Cut into round balls about 3 inches in dia and allow to rise for about 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 F and bake for 15 minutes. Depending on your oven you may need more time, but definitely check it in 15 minutes, as mine would have burned if I had waited any longer. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy!