German Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• enough dough after it is mixed for one loaf
• one egg
• shortening half the size of an egg
• one-half cupful of sugar
• flour enough to roll out an inch thick
• sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon
• currants well cleansed and dates or figs cut in small bits

Method

1. 1

   Mix dough with egg, shortening, and sugar.

2. 2

   Add enough flour to roll out an inch thick, let rise, wet the top with cold water, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and bake.

3. 3

   For variety, roll thin, sprinkle with currants and dates or figs, roll up tightly, cut into slices, let rise, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

German Coffee Cake. — Take enough dough after it is mixed for one loaf and add one egg, shortening half the size of an ^g and one-half cupful of sugar. Mix thoroughly through the dough and add flOur enough to roll out an inch thick; let rise and wet the top of it with cold water, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and bake. To be cut in slices and eaten with or wiihout butter for breakfast with coffee and put up for the children's school lunches in place of so much rich cake. For variety roll the dough qi'ite thin and sprinkle it with currants well cleansed and dates or flgs cut in small bits

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