Coffee Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 pounds light dough
• 4 ounces sugar
• 4 ounces butter
• 4 yolks eggs
• Large half cup milk
• Flour to make it soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Take the piece of common bread dough, already light, place it in a pan with the butter, sugar, and milk.

2. 2

   Let all get warmed through and the butter softened, then mix them thoroughly.

3. 3

   Next, add the eggs and flour by littles, alternately, beating the mixture up against the side of the pan.

4. 4

   Knead the dough as for rolls, pressing and spreading it out with the knuckles, and folding it over repeatedly.

5. 5

   Set it in a warm place for 2 or 3 hours.

6. 6

   Then knead it the second time.

7. 7

   When the dough is good and finished it looks silky.

8. 8

   After this second kneading, the dough should stand an hour and then be kneaded once more and made into shapes.

9. 9

   Rise in the pans for 1.5 hours.

10. 10

    Bake in a slow oven for 15 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Cakes. 2 pounds light dough. 4 ounces sugar. 4 ounces butter. 4 yolks eggs Large half cup milk. Flour to make it soft dough

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