Bake: 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.
Makes: 2 coffee cakes or 1 large one
Ingredients:
1 packet Red Star Active Dry Yeast
1/4 cup warm water
⅓ cup butter or margarine
¾ cup hot scalded milk
1 teaspoon Morton Salt*
¼ cup sugar
1 beaten egg and i softened yeast.
3½ to 4 cups sifted Pillsbury’s Best All-Purpose Flour
Soften the yeast in warm water. Combine the butter, milk, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir to melt the butter. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in the egg and softened yeast. Gradually add the flour to form a stiff dough.
Knead on a floured surface until smooth and satiny (3-5 minutes). Place the dough in a greased bowl. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
Roll out half of the dough on a floured surface to a 12-inch square. Place on a greased baking sheet. Spread half of the filling down the center of the dough. Diagonally cut at 1-inch intervals, herringbone fashion. Make cuts 3 inches long. Fold opposite strips of dough over the filling, crossing in the center. Seal ends of coffee cake. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Let rise in a warm place (85°F to 90° F.) until it doubles in size, about 1 hour. *
Bake in moderate oven (375°F) 15 to 20 minutes until deep golden brown. Spread with Icing while warm. To store or freeze, wrap in “quilted” Kaiser Heavy Duty Foil.
*”If you use Pillsbury’s Best Self-Rising Flour, omit salt and increase flour to 4 – 4½ cups. Increase rising time to about 1 1/2 hours.
** Dough may be stored in refrigerator for up to 4 days and baked as needed.
RAISIN-APPLE FILLING
In a saucepan, combine 2 ½ cups finely chopped, pared apples 1 cup seedless raisins, ground, 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, ⅐ teaspoon Morton Sait and ⅐ teaspoon French’s Cinnamon. Boil for 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool.
SNOW-TOP ICING
Blend together ½ cup sifted confectioners’’ sugar, ¼ teaspoon French’s Vanilla and 2 teaspoons milk until of spreading consistency.
This recipe was adapted by Gertude Phillips, who found the recipe in a Pillsbury collection of holiday recipes in the 1960s.
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