Hello Patricia,

I found this recipe but have never tried it. It makes a large quantity so it's a lot of ingredients to use as an experiment. Hopefully it will look familiar to you and with a little substitution will turn out like your old recipe (coconut for the raisins and walnuts maybe). Please let us know if you give it a try!

Happy Baking,

Betsy at Recipelink.com

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MORMOR'S HOLIDAY BUNS

4 cups milk
1 lb. butter
4 to 5 cups sugar
2 tbsp. salt
Approximately 16 cups flour
8 eggs, beaten
6 pkg. yeast
2 cups lukewarm water
1 tablespoon sugar
Melted butter
Cinnamon sugar
1 1/4 lb. raisins
1 1/4 lb. walnuts, chopped
2 lb. maraschino cherries, chopped
Confectioners' sugar

Scald milk and butter.

Stir sugar and salt into flour. Add milk mixture and eggs.

Dissolve yeast in 2 cups lukewarm water and 1 tablespoon sugar, then add to above mixture. Work in sufficient flour to turn out onto well-floured board. Knead until dough doesn't take up flour. Raise until doubled.

Punch down. Cut out approximately 1/8 to 1/10 dough. Roll into a ball, then flatten into a rectangle with a roller.

Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, raisins, walnuts and cherries. Roll up into a cylinder, push edges together. Slice into 1-inch thick pieces. Place on lightly greased baking sheets and let raise again.

Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven until brown, 10-12 minutes.

Brush with melted butter and ice with confectioners' sugar/milk paste.

Source: Cookbook USA