Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Sugar Filling

Adrianne Meszaros
Adrianne Meszaros @adriannemeszaros

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Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Sugar Filling

Don't wait 40 years to recreate this recipe, like we did

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Ingredients

2 coffee cakes
  1. 2 packagesdry yeast
  2. 1/2 cupwarm water
  3. 4cups, sifted flour
  4. 1/4 cupsugar
  5. 1 tspsalt
  6. 2 sticksbutter, cold
  7. 2eggs, well beaten
  8. 1/2 cupscalded milk, cooled
  9. 1/4 cupmelted butter, divided
  10. 1 tbscinnamon, divided
  11. 3/4 cupsugar, divided
  12. nuts, optional
  13. Vanilla Frosting

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Scald milk, let cool

  2. 2

    Add yeast to warm water, stir until dissolved

  3. 3

    Combine in a large mixing bowl, sifted flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in sticks of butter using a pastry cutter. Add in beaten eggs, scalded milk, and dissolved yeast. Mix until ingredients are distributed and forms a dough.

  4. 4

    Cover the bowl and let rise in a warm space until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

  5. 5

    Split dough in half. On a floured surface, roll out dough into an 18"x 18" square. Brush on 2 tbs of melted butter to each square. Sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar. Add nuts. (This is an optional filling, any pastry filling of choice can be added at this step.)

  6. 6

    Roll the dough into a spiral. Tuck in the ends. Place both loafs on a nonstick baking sheet. Add 3 diagonal slits to each loaf. Cover and let rise for 45 minutes.

  7. 7

    Bake for 22 minutes at 350 degrees F. Let cool.

  8. 8

    Frost on top and cut into 1" slices. Enjoy!

  9. 9

    The loaves freeze well. Take out of the freezer the night before to enjoy the next day.

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