Best Susan Miller Yeast Dough Coffee Cake Recipes

BASIC RICH SWEET YEAST DOUGH

Steps:

• (Icing may be doubled and used for any cake or bun icing).
• Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water and set aside until foamy.
• Heat milk, shortening, sugar and salt to melt shortening.
• Cool to warm and add yeast mixture, egg yolks and whole eggs.
• Beat well by hand.
• Gradually beat in by hand 6 cups of flour and the cardamom.
• Knead well on a floured surface only adding additional flour to make a smooth and elastic dough.
• Place dough in an oiled bowl, turn to coat with oil and cover and let rise double in volume.
• Punch down and cover dough and refrigerate overnight in large bowl.
• When ready to use, punch down and knead briefly to warm up dough.
• Use dough as you wish for coffee cakes, sweet breads, buns, etc.
• You may divide dough into 6 buns, or 4 equal pieces to make 4 small loaves or braids.
• If braiding, divide each piece into 3 loose strands and braid and tuck under ends.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Place on baking sheets/pans and let rise double in volume.
• Bake in a 350F oven about 30 minutes or golden and tested done.
• Remove from pans/baking sheet to cool on rack.
• Mix icing ingredients and drizzle over warm cake/bread.
• Yield: approx.
• 6 buns, 4 small braids, or 2 large loaves.

CHERRY YEAST COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat the water, milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in eggs until smooth., Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 40 minutes., Stir dough down and spoon two-thirds into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Top with pie filling. Drop remaining dough by tablespoonfuls over pie filling. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes., Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Place pan on a wire rack. Combine the confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency; drizzle over warm coffee cake.

DANISH YEAST COFFEE CAKE (KAFFEKAGE)

Steps:

• Scald milk; cool to lukewarm.
• Pour 1/4 cup of the cooled milk over the yeast and let stand.
• Beat remaining milk into 2-1/4 cups flour.
• Stir in the yeast mixture; let rise until dough springs back to touch,
• then mix in melted butter, sugar, lemon rind, and beaten eggs.
• Stir in the remaining flour.
• Spread dough about 1 inch thick on two greased baking sheets and let rise again.
• When well risen, sprinkle with cinnamon and almonds; dot with firm butter.
• Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 15 minutes; lower heat to 375 degrees and bake until brown, about 12-15 minutes.

COFFEE CAKE 1952 (YEAST)

Steps:

• 1. YEAST CONVERSION TABLE FROM RED STAR YEAST: http://www.redstaryeast.com/lessons-yeast-baking/yeast-conversion-table Here is a chart that will figure it out for you: http://etherwork.net/ejmtph/recipes/photopages/yeast_conversions.html
• 2. Dough: Begin by crumbling your 1 cake of yeast (or equivalent) into the 1/4 cup of luke-warm milk plus 2 tsp sugar and let it sit while you prepare the rest of the dough recipe
• 3. Crumb together as if you were making pie dough, the flour, salt, butter and sugar
• 4. Lightly beat the egg yolks then add the cream and mix
• 5. Combine the egg yolk mix with the yeast milk and then add to the flour mixture and make the dough. Cover the dough and place in the fridge over night.
• 6. IN THE A.M. Pull the dough out of the fridge and roll it out on a floured surface while it is still cold to about pizza dough thickness (about 1/4 inch or there abouts).
• 7. Sprinkle with the cinnamon, sugar, walnuts, and raisins.
• 8. Roll the dough up jelly-roll style and place in a tube pan. (The recipe does not say a greased pan but it might be helpful. You may put parchment paper on the bottom, instead, if you like.)
• 9. Then, let the dough rest and rise for the next 3 hours.
• 10. Bake 350 F, for 1 hour
• 11. After done baking, remove from pan and place on pretty plate. Let cool.
• 12. Glaze: Combine 1 cup Powdered sugar with two Tbsps of HOT water and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Drizzle over cooled coffee cake and serve along side a nice hot cup of coffee.
• 13. NOTE: Some other recipes that I checked used the left over egg whites (beaten stiff) as a layer under the filling ingredients after the dough is rolled out. But, I wondered about keeping them overnight in the fridge... ALSO: Some other recipes don't place it in a tube pan (which holds it's shape) but they place it on a cookie sheet, rolled up like a giant cinnamon roll. Which I think is prettier, but it makes it more "flat"... your choice.

COFFEE CAKE DOUGH

Steps:

• Scald milk.
• Stir in sugar, salt and lard.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Measure water into large warm bowl.
• Sprinkle in yeast, stir until dissolved.
• Stir in milk mixture, egg and half of flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Add remaining flour to make a stiff batter.
• Cover loosely.
• Keep in cool place for at least 2 hours.
• (Dough may be kept in refrigerator up to 3 days).
• 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.
• Add the topping of your choice from the following recipes: Recipe #40284, Recipe #40283, Recipe #40282, Recipe #40279, Recipe #40270 and Recipe #40276.
• Cover and let rise until doubled (45 to 60 minutes).
• Bake at 375° for 35 minutes or until done.

BREAD MACHINE YEAST COFFEE CAKE (ABM)

Steps:

• Add all cake ingredients to bread pan.
• Select "Dough" setting on your machine and press start.
• Grease a 9 inch round pan or an 8 x 8 inch square pan.
• After cycle is through (about 90 minutes), remove dough and pat dough into prepared pan.
• Topping: Drizzle melted butter over dough.
• Mix together sugar, cinnamon and nuts; sprinkle over butter.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375* and bake cake for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack.
• Drizzle with optional glaze, if desired.
• Combine all glaze ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Spread or drizzle glaze over slightly warm cake.