Christmas Wreath Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread

I love making Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Bread for special occasions and at Christmas I like to make it in the shape of a wreath.  I put in it a pie pan to look like a wreath and make a bow out of dough for the top of the wreath.  It adds a festive touch to our Christmas morning breakfast and the kids love it.  

This may look complicated, but it's not.  I make the dough in the bread machine. See step by step directions here.  

When the dough is prepared for a wreath, cut a strip of dough from the center to make a bow, then cut each remaining half in half again to get 4 long strips of dough.  Cut the strips again following the instructions in this post.  Then you put the layers of dough in a circular fashion in a pie pan instead of a loaf pan.  I've started lining my pie pan with a little sheet of parchment paper when making this bread and it makes clean-up so much easier.  

This warm sweet bread with its crispy cinnamon sugar coating will be the hit of your Christmas brunch!

Also pictured: Sugar Cookies and Bacon and Egg cups (the linked recipe is for ham and egg cups, but I used bacon and cheese instead)

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