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| Elsie's Cardamom Coffee Cake |
Ingredients
2 packages of dry yeast
2 cups lukewarm milk
1 cup + 2 tablspoons Sugar
3 teaspoons ground cardamon
2 teaspoons salt
5 whole eggs, lightly beaten
8 cups flour
1 stick unsalted butter, melted, and cooled
1/3-cup water
Method
Preheat oven to 350.
Dissolve yeast in milk in large bowl. Add salt and 1-cup sugar and stir until
dissolved. Add flour; sprinkle cardamon on flour and mix. Add beaten eggs and
mix. Add cooled butter, mix.
Knead with greased hands until dough is no longer sticky. Put dough into a greased
bowl and cover loosely with a towel. Put the bowl in a warm place and let the
dough rest until it has doubled in size.
Knead the risen dough lightly on a pastry board. Divide dough into 4 equal parts.
Divide each part into 3. Roll into long ropes and braid them together.
Put loaves into greased loaf pans, cover loosely with a towel and let rest a second
time until it has doubled in size.
Bake loaves for 20 –25 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining 2
Tablespoons sugar while loaves are still warm.
Makes 4 loaves
2 packages of dry yeast
2 cups lukewarm milk
1 cup + 2 tablspoons Sugar
3 teaspoons ground cardamon
2 teaspoons salt
5 whole eggs, lightly beaten
8 cups flour
1 stick unsalted butter, melted, and cooled
1/3-cup water
Method
Preheat oven to 350.
Dissolve yeast in milk in large bowl. Add salt and 1-cup sugar and stir until
dissolved. Add flour; sprinkle cardamon on flour and mix. Add beaten eggs and
mix. Add cooled butter, mix.
Knead with greased hands until dough is no longer sticky. Put dough into a greased
bowl and cover loosely with a towel. Put the bowl in a warm place and let the
dough rest until it has doubled in size.
Knead the risen dough lightly on a pastry board. Divide dough into 4 equal parts.
Divide each part into 3. Roll into long ropes and braid them together.
Put loaves into greased loaf pans, cover loosely with a towel and let rest a second
time until it has doubled in size.
Bake loaves for 20 –25 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining 2
Tablespoons sugar while loaves are still warm.
Makes 4 loaves