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all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour is more nutritious.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

Honey is a natural sweetener.

Mix yeast with warm milk and let sit for 15 minutes.

In another bowl, mix flour, sugar, and salt along with the yeast mixture.

Add in warm milk little by little and beat for about 7 minutes.

Knead by hand for 15 minutes until the dough is soft, slightly sticky, and elastic.

Knead dough into a ball and place in an oiled bowl, allowing it to rise for 2 hours covered with cloth or plastic wrap.

Prepare the topping by softening vegetable shortening until creamy, then mixing in confectioner sugar.

Add flour little by little with cinnamon and divide into two portions - mix cocoa powder into one and pink food coloring into the other.

Divide the dough into 16 balls and place them on a greased baking sheet.

Grease the tops of the dough balls with shortening so the topping will stick.

Flatten the topping into circles and lay them on top of each dough ball, cutting patterns with a sharp knife.

Allow to rise for one hour on the baking sheet.

Bake for 20 minutes at 325°F.

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