Mardi Gras is next week! Get those beads out and fire up the stove to make some jambalaya! A few years ago I made a big, traditional king cake. This year, I wanted something more simple. Pinterest pointed me in the direction of these simple king cake knots, which are made using store-bought refrigerated dough. Check back in the coming days, as I also have a post for king cake monkey bread!
King Cake Knots
Recipe source: PlainChicken.com
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1 loaf refrigerated french bread dough (I used Pillsbury)
3 Tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup powdered sugar
4 teaspoons milk (may need a bit more to get the right consistency)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Green, yellow, purple decorating sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Unroll French bread dough into a large rectangle, about 16 x 12 inches. Brush the dough lightly with softened butter. Mix together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over butter.
2. Cut the dough in half lengthwise and then cut crosswise into strips, about 1-1/4 inches wide. Tie each strip into a knot and place on baking sheet. Bake for 25-28 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
3. Mix together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. Dip each knot into icing and decorate with sprinkles.
How many does this make? It looks awesome and so much quicker than letting the yeast rise…
Love your site!!
Good question. The reason I rarely post the number of cookies/cupcakes/whatever that a recipe makes is that I never find those numbers to be reliable. My knots may be bigger than yours or smaller — since the process of making them is a little arbitrary. I had about 18 knots in my batch.
You left the tiny plastic baby out of ingredient list! (It doesn’t have to be a plastic baby, a dry bean buried in one of the knots would do.) Tradition says whoever finds the baby provides the next king cake. Or batch of knots!
I’m well aware, but they’re pretty hard to find anywhere outside of the south ;-)
I find babies in NH at Party City
Awesome! Thanks for the tip.