German Coffee Cake (Zimmet kucken)

Ingredients

• one cake yeast
• one-half cup warm water
• one pint warm milk
• one-half cup sugar
• one cup shortening
• one egg
• two teaspoons salt
• three pints warm flour
• Melt butter
• Mix brown sugar
• cinnamon
• chopped nuts

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve yeast in warm water and let rise.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, combine warm milk, sugar, shortening, egg, salt, and yeast.

3. 3

   Add flour and beat well.

4. 4

   Let rise for four hours.

5. 5

   Grease pans, shape dough, let rise again for one hour, then spread melted butter and sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and nuts.

6. 6

   Bake for about 20 minutes in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The National home cook book (1900), page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GERMAN COFFEE CAKE (Zimmet kucken)—Dissolve * one cake yeast in one-half cup warm water and let rise. 'Put into large bowl, one pint warm milk, one-half cup sugar, one cup shortening (half butter and half lard), one egg, two teaspoons salt; add yeast, beat well, then add three pints warm flour (scant). Then beat well with hands; let rise for about four hours. Have pans well greased. Take portions of dough and place in pans, then spread out evenly “with hands about three-quarters inch high. Let rise again -for one hour. Melt butter and spread over kuchens. Mix brown sugar, cinnamon and chopped nuts

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