Friday, May 25, 2007

Pull Apart Coffee Cake (two methods).

Pull-Apart CoffeeCake
Ingredients: 
1 cup milk, scalded 
3 Tablespoons melted butter 
1/4 cup sugar 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
2 packages yeast 
1/4 cup lukewarm water 
4 cups all purpose flour 
2 eggs, at room temp. 
 3/4 cup broken english walnuts or pecans 

Topping: 
1 cup brown sugar 
1 teaspoon cinnamon melted butter 
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Directions:
Prepare bundt pan or *angle food cake pan. *Do not use a pan with a removable bottom. 
Sprinkle with 3/4 cup broken walnuts or pecans. 

Heat milk in pan until tepid, add butter to melt, sugar, lukewarm water and yeast. Proof yeast. Add in mixing bowl to 2 cups flour and 2 eggs which are room temperature. Beat for four minutes. Mix in remaining 2 cups flour. Knead until satin and smooth. Place in a prepared bowl with a light film of butter, cover with a towel and place in a draft free area to raise. 

When doubled in size, knead again. Break off small pieces and dip into melted butter, then in brown sugar and cinnamon mixture and randomly place in prepared baking pan. When all of the dough has been completely dipped, let raise until double in size. Bake at 375 for 1 hour. Cool 5 minutes in pan and then place on serving plate. 

Shortcut: Use frozen bread dough. It is a less sweet dough but cuts down on preparation time. I prefer the first method as I try to avoid preservatives.

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