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#IsolationBaking recipe # 67

Old Fashioned Apple Kuchen

A wonderful yeasted coffee cake topped with apples & a crumb topping.

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INGREDIENTS

½ cup (65 grams) flour
½ cup packed (100 grams) light brown sugar
3 tablespoons (45 grams) unsalted butter
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4 cups apple slices (about 4 baking apples)
1 heaping tablespoon (20 grams) flour
1/3 cup (60/65 g) granulated brown sugar

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1 teaspoon mixed spice (see note)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
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2 ¼ - 2 ¾ cups (300 – 365 grams) flour, divided
1 package (7 grams) active dry yeast
½ cup (125 ml) milk (whole or 2% low fat)
½ cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar

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4 tablespoons (¼ cup/60 grams) salted butter
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs at room temperature
2 – 3 tablespoons slivered blanched almonds or coarsely chopped pecans, optional.

Note: You can use Apple Pie Spice or Pumpkin Pie Spice. Or make your own by blending 1/2 teaspoon

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cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon cloves, and 1/4 teaspoon each allspice, ginger, nutmeg.

Make the Crumb Topping: In a medium bowl, combine flour & brown sugar. Using your fingers, rub the butter into the flour/sugar until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

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Prepare the apples: Peel, core & slice the apples; place in a bowl large enough to toss with the other ingredients. Add the flour, the sugar, & the ground spices & toss to coat the apples evenly with the dry ingredients, making sure there are no clumps or pockets of dry

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ingredients. Toss in the lemon juice. Set aside.

Make the Kuchen: Butter the bottom and sides of a 13x9x2 (33x23x5-cm) baking pan or baking dish.

Place 1 cup (135 grams) of the flour with the dry yeast in a large mixing bowl.

Heat the milk, the sugar, the butter & the

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salt in a medium saucepan over low heat until warm until the butter is almost but not completely melted.

Remove from the heat and stir until the butter is completely melted then pour over the flour and yeast in the mixing bowl.

Add the eggs and beat the batter with

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an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue beating the batter on high speed for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Beat in as much of the remaining flour, adding & beating in about

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2 tablespoons at a time, needed until you have a stiff batter (I added all of the remaining flour except for about a tablespoon and a half) – the last few tablespoons can be stirred in if it gets too difficult with the electric mixer.

Spread the batter evenly in the

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prepared baking pan or dish. Layer or spread the prepared apples in a thick layer on top of the batter. Sprinkle evenly with the Crumb Topping finishing off with the slivered almonds if desired.

Cover the baking pan with a piece of plastic & then a clean kitchen towel

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and allow the batter to rise for 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). (note: this is the baking temp of the original recipe I was given; I bake mine at 350°F (180°C))

Once the dough has risen, remove the towel & plastic wrap & bake the Apple Kuchen in the

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preheated oven for about 30 - 40 minutes (1 bake mine for closer to 1 hour in a slightly smaller baking dish at the lower heat) or until the apples are tender & the topping is crisped & browned.

Remove from the oven & allow to cool at least slightly before slicing,

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serving and eating. This wis a marvelous dessert served with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream. We eat this as is for breakfast with our coffee.

Enjoy! Give me some feedback on the recipes when you make them! I love to see your photos & know you are making them!