A Rum Deal

A Rum Deal

My uncle went to his grave, cursing the "Marriott Lunch Crowd" (Hot Shoppes) for ruining Hogate's. I fondly remember eating there.

These American Family Empire Sagas never turn out so well, do they?

Anyway, the Rum Buns were good...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/07/22/the-rum-buns-from-hogates-ride-again/2c452a30-6a23-4bde-9645-65c89bec0109/

There is some dispute over the provenance of the Famous Rum Buns... Some folks claim primary honors for the Flagship, which used this recipe:

In a bowl, combine a half-stick or 1/4th cup butter, 1/4th cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Add 1 cup scalded milk and let the mixture cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle one envelope dry instant yeast over the mixture and beat it until it is smooth. Add one egg beaten and 1 1/2 teaspoons rum extract. Beat in 1 3/4ths cups flour, sifted, until it is smooth. Add 1 3/4ths cups more flour, sifted, and beat the mixture until it is smooth. Let the dough rise in a warm place, covered with a linen tea towel for two hours, or until it is double in bulk. Punch down the dough and divide it in half.

Roll each piece of dough out to a rectangle 12 inches long, 4 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick. Brush each strip with one tablespoon melted butter and sprinkle over each strip 2 tablespoons each of sugar and chopped raisins. Roll the dough up jelly roll fashion, stretching it so that it is 15 inches long. Cut each roll into 18 pieces, each 3/4 inch thick and place them, cut side down in the bottoms of well-buttered 3-inch muffin tins.

Let the buns rise in a warm place, covered with a linen tea towel for 1 hour, or until they are double in bulk. Bake the buns in a preheated hot oven (400 degrees) for 15 minutes, or until they are golden. In a bowel, combine 1 cup confectioner's sugar, 2 tablespoons hot water and one teaspoon rum extract and spread the buns with the icing as soon as they come out of the oven. Cool the buns on a wire rack. Makes 36 buns.

Originally shared by Damn interesting
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/01/10/bill-marriott-john-marriott-familys-civil-war/

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