Christmas Tree Bread

I made a couple of these Christmas Tree Breads for get togethers this season.

Inspired by this vintage 1958 ad for Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix:

I was surprised to find out they still make Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix so I was able to keep close to the original recipe, brand name and all.  The box made enough for 2 trees FYI.    There is a serving suggestion for a home made apricot filling which I shortcutted and did my own way .  For one I used apricot jam and walnuts and the other I used strawberry jalapeno jelly with walnuts.

Both turned out pretty good!

I iced the trees with a very runny powdered sugar glaze icing along with green candied cherries and maraschino cherries.

Here is a close up of the recipe:

And for fun I found an image of the same box of Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix (NOS) front and back seen in the vintage ad:

The shape of these pastries remind me of things other than trees though.  It really looks like an upside down large intestine or along those same lines a turd pile...kinda like the Mr. Hankey Christmas Shits Cinnamon Rolls I made several years ago.

This would be a great pastry to make to celebrate someone's colonoscopy!