Apple and Cream Kuchen
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 4 Categories:
Cakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients:
1/2
teaspoon
Salt 2
cups
Flour; unbleached,
unsifted
1/2
cup
Milk,
---------filling----
1
tablespoon
Lemon juice 3/4
cup
Sugar 8
ounces
Cream cheese,
softened
1
package
Yeast; dry,
active
4
tablespoons
Sugar 1/4
cup
Butter or margarine 1
Egg,
large
3
cups
Apples; tart,
sliced
1
teaspoon
Cinnamon 2
tablespoons
Flour,
unbleached
1
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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