rich german kuchen

Name: Rich German Kuchen
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: DOUGH (FOR 3 KUCHENS); 3 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1/2 cup(s) shortening; 1/4 cup(s) scalded milk; 1 - yeast, cake; 1 tablespoon(s) sugar; 3 large eggs, beaten; 1 cup(s) milk; FILLING (FOR 1 KUCHEN); 1 large egg, beaten; - fruit, cut up, prunes,peaches or apples; - sugar; TOPPING (FOR 1 KUCHEN); 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) flour; 1/3 stick(s) margarine; 1 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon

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Private Recipe by

Rebecca C

@Rebeccac59

Cheektowaga, NY

Makes (3) 8" pans. Note: Dough maybe kept in refrigerator for a week or so. This was my grandma Elsie Goehle's recipe passed on to my mom. We would look forward to her making this every fall! She would make one of each: peach, apple and German plum aka prune.

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Ingredients For rich german kuchen

DOUGH (FOR 3 KUCHENS)
3 c

flour
1 tsp

salt
2 Tbsp

sugar
1/2 c

shortening
1/4 c

scalded milk
1

yeast, cake
1 Tbsp

sugar
3 lg

eggs, beaten
1 c

milk
FILLING (FOR 1 KUCHEN)
1 lg

egg, beaten
fruit, cut up, prunes,peaches or apples
sugar
TOPPING (FOR 1 KUCHEN)
1/2 c

sugar
2 Tbsp

flour
1/3 stick

margarine
1 tsp

nutmeg
1 tsp

cinnamon

How To Make rich german kuchen

1
Combine flour, salt, 2 tbsp. sugar and shortening as for pie crust. After scalded milk has cooled, mix with yeast and 1 tbsp. sugar. Mix eggs and milk together Combine yeast mixture with egg/milk mixture; add to flour. Place in a greased bowl; let rise in refrigerator over night.

2
In 8" round or square baking pan, put 1/3 of dough in each buttered pan. Let rise until light (about 2 hours).
3
Spread beaten egg over dough before filling with fruit. (It takes about 4 peaches or 3 apples or 6-7 German plums aka prunes for one kuchen) Arrange cut up fruit on that, then sprinkle with sugar and use the remainder of the beaten egg. Mix crumb topping ingredients together with hands and sprinkle over top of kuchen.
4
Bake at 300 for 45 minutes.
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