Grandma Tiny's Tea Ring

Ingredients:

• 2 cups warm water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 pkgs yeast
• 1/8 tsp grated lemon or orange rind
• 2 dashes mace
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup soft shortening
• 6 1/2 - 7 cups sifted flour
• Butter
• Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Raisins
• Powder Sugar to make frosting

Directions:

1. Mix water, sugar, salt.
2. Stir in yeast until dissolved.
3. Add eggs, shortening, mace, and rind.
4. Add flour, stirring with a spoon, then by hand.
5. Use Rolling pin to roll dough into desired shape, about 16 inches by 16 inches square
6. Roll up, put in plastic bag, and place in refrigerator overnight
7. Take out, unroll
8. Butter inside, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, & raisins
9. Roll up, and on one side, slice 3/4 of the way through, every 3/4 inch
10. Gently bring the two ends of the roll together, making a ring, with the slices toward the outside
11. Take the slices, and rotate them all the same way about 75 degrees. This will display the roll
12. Bake in 400 degree F over, for 12-15 minutes
13. Drizzle with powder-sugar frosting
14. Slice the rest of the way through to serve