Apple and Cream Kuchen
Recipe
- Title:
- Apple and Cream Kuchen
- Categories:
- German, Cakes
- Yield:
- 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 x --cake--
- 1 pk Yeast; dry, active
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 4 tb Sugar
- 2 c Flour; unbleached, unsifted
- 1/4 c Butter or margarine
- 1/2 c Milk
- 1 ea Egg; large
- 1 x filling-
- 3 c Apples; tart, sliced
- 1 tb Lemon juice
- 1 ts Cinnamon
- 3/4 c Sugar
- 2 tb Flour; unbleached
- 8 oz Cream cheese; softened
- 1 ea Egg; large
Directions
- CAKE: Mix yeast, salt, 4 T sugar, and 3/4 cup flour.
- Add butter to milk.
- Heat until very warm (120-130 degrees F.).
- Gradually add milk to flour mixture.
- Beat for 2 minutes.
- Add egg and 1/2 cup flour.
- Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes.
- Mix in enough flour to form a soft dough.
- Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic.
- Place in greased bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Pat dough into well-greased 10-inch springform pan pressing the dough 1 1/2 inches up the sides of the pan.
- FILLING: Toss apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 T of flour.
- Arrange in rows on top of the dough.
- Beat together cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg.
- Spread over apples.
- Let rise in warm place for 1 hour.
- Bake at 350 degrees F.
- for 30 minutes.
- Best when served warm.
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