GEORGIAN FRUIT BUNS

• 6 tb Baking powder
• 2 ts Cinnamon ground
• 6 1 /4 c Wheat all-purpose flour
• 1 ts Salt
• 1 /2 ts All spice
• 1 2 g Brown sugar*
• 1 /2 c Karo white syrup*
• 2 c Raisins
• 2 c Cream
• -OR-
• 2 c1 /2 & 1 /2 *
• 1 /2 c Cream cheese*
• 4 c Apples diced 1 /4 "
• 1 /3 c Prunes pureed
• 1 /3 c Apple sauce
• 1 /3 c Peaches pureed
• 1 /3 c Water

Mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Pour the

syrup, the purees, and the water over the dry mixture. Add the cream

cheese in chunks. Mix by hand using your hands by working your hands

under the dry ingredients from the sides. Use a folding motion and

mix until all ingredients are throughly blended together. Add the

diced apples and the raisins. Mix them into the dough by the same

folding method. Add the cream or 1/2 & 1/2 and fold until completely

blended. Make 24 round balls of the dough. Place on a well greased

baking sheet, slightly squash the top of each loaf and bake for 50-55

minutes in pre-heated 300 degree F oven.
NOTE:
Honey may be

substituted for the Karo syrup. Ingredients that are marked with an

(*) are US equivalents for products not available here in this

country.
ORIGIN:
Larisa & Grigori Yashevlenko, Tblisi-Georgia, circa

1995