Ingredients:
Basic Coffee Cake Dough
2 eggs, well beaten
1 / 4 cup milk, warmed
1 pkg. (or 1 tablespoon) dry yeast
1 / 4 cup warm water
1 / 2 cup butter (1 stick, melted but not hot)
1 / 4cupsugar
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
3 cup flour, more if needed
This amount of dough will make 2 kuchen's
in a 9 by 13 inch glass baking dish.
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1. Pour lukewarm water, yeast, and sugar in mixing bowl.
Let the yeast start to foam in the bowl.
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Add the melted butter,salt, milk and yeast mixture. to the flour. |
Add the lemon zest and the egg. |
Mix well till batter a loose dough is formed |
 You can also do this in a mixer. |
This dough holds together but is not as firm as bread dough.
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Cover with a towel and let raise for about an hour. I will warm an oven and keep it in there. (Don't get the oven too hot!) |
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Creamy sauce for the Kuchen Pizza
Cream Cheese and Pineapple
Blend 8 oz of cream cheese with 1 / 4 cup canned or fresh pineapple in a food processor or chop very fine. |
Ricotta cheese
Ricotta cheese blended with a bit of sugar and vanilla extract.
Also you can use
Quark or Strained Yogurt.
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Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese works well blended in a food processor with a bit of sugar or pineapple |
Streusel (Crumb) Topping
1 / 2 cup bread crumbs
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 / 2 cup melted butter
optional:
2 tablespoons melted butter to brush edges of dough.
 Mix all the ingredients for the Streusel in a stainless bowl |
 and work together till you have small pea size crumbs. |
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Pre-Heat Oven to 450 degrees F
Here I cut up the plum slices and let them steep in some sugar and vanilla. |
 The creamy base can be anything you have on hand or enjoy. Ricotta, cream cheese, cottage cheese that has been pureed. |
 Roll out the dough about 8 inches on a lightly floured board to make a crust about 1/4 inch thick (make it very thin as it will rise) I brush the crust with melted butter also. |
Put a thin layer of the creamy base on and then some of the plum slices but don't over do it. |
Top with some of the Streusal topping. I brush the edges with a little butter.
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I slide the kuchen on a hot pizza stone. You can also slide the dough onto a cookie sheet.
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Bake for about 8-12 minutes till the crust is lightly browned. Then take it out with the pizza peel or 1 or 2 big spatulas. |
 Brush again with some melted butter. |
Cut into 6 wedges. |
Here is a close up of the crust.
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Some other ideas.
Here is a Butter Kuchen, that is simply cream cheese and Streusal.
It is simple and delicious.
This is some brandy soaked almonds for a topping. |
These freeze well. I just wrap individually in plastic wrap and keep in them in a plastic storage bag.
Reheat for 10 minutes from the frozen state in an oven or on the stove.
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