Coffee Cake Dough

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup lard or 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 4 -4 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 scald milk.
• 2 stir in sugar, salt and lard.
• 3 cool to lukewarm.
• 4 measure water into large warm bowl.
• 5 sprinkle in yeast, stir until dissolved.
• 6 stir in milk mixture, egg and half of flour.
• 7 beat until smooth.
• 8 add remaining flour to make a stiff batter.
• 9 cover loosely.
• 10 keep in cool place for at least 2 hours.
• 11 (dough may be kept in refrigerator up to 3 days).
• 12 take 1/2 of the dough and pat dough into a greased 13" x 9-1/2" x 2" pan, pushing dough up pan sides to form a ridge.
• 13 add the topping of your choice from the following recipes: nut topping for coffee cake, cheese topping for coffee cake, coconut topping for coffee cake, butter topping for coffee cake, apfel kuchen and crumb topping for coffee cake.
• 14 cover and let rise until doubled (45 to 60 minutes).
• 15 bake at 375° for 35 minutes or until done.