Cherry Kuchen Pronounced Ku Kah By My Family Recipes

CHERRY CHEESECAKE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch springform pan; set aside. In a large bowl combine 1-1/4 cups of the flour and the yeast; set aside.
• In a small saucepan, heat and stir milk, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and salt just until warm (120 degrees F to 130 degrees F) and butter almost melts. Add milk mixture and the 2 eggs to flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Beat in as much of the remaining 1 cup flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.
• Transfer dough to prepared pan; spread evenly (dough will be sticky). Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size (about 1 hour).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in 1 egg and lemon peel; set aside. In another bowl, stir together the pie filling and almond extract. Spoon cherry mixture over dough in pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture over cherry mixture, spreading evenly.
• Bake about 45 minutes or until center appears set when gently shaken. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Using a small sharp knife, loosen crust from sides of pan; cool for 1 hour. Cover and chill at least 4 hours before serving. Remove sides of pan just before serving. If desired, spoon additional cherry pie filling on top and garnish with chopped white chocolate.

CHERRY KUCHEN

Steps:

• Mix the first six ingredients together to make a batter.
• Pour most of the batter into the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Pour can of pie filling on top.
• Glop the rest of the batter on top of the filling.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Enjoy!

CHERRY CHEESE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Combine dry yeast and 1 cup flour in large mixing bowl. Heat together milk, sugar, butter and salt until warm, stirring to melt butter. Add to flour mixture along with egg.
• Beat at high speed for 1/2 minute, scraping sides of bowl. By hand, stir in remaining flour to make soft dough. Turn into a greased bowl, turn once, cover and refrigerate until well chilled, about 2 to 3 hours.
• Grease 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Pat dough evenly in prepared pan, forming ridge around edges.
• Spread with Cherry filling. Let rise in warm place until almost double, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Bake for 15 minutes.
• Combine ingredients for cheese topping and beat until smooth. Spread over Cherry filling.
• Combine crumb topping ingredients and sprinkle atop cheese filling.
• Bake 10 minutes longer or until filling is set. Cut into squares.

CHERRY KUCHEN (PRONOUNCED KU-KAH BY MY FAMILY)

Steps:

• Add water to beaten eggs and dissolve dry yeast in this mixture. Let all these ingredients rest refrigerated for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, blend with a pastry blender or by hand flour, salt, sugar, butter and cardamom.
• In a large mixing bowl, make a ring of blended flour. Pour chilled yeast mixture into the center and work it into dry ingredients. Knead until smooth, about 2 minutes. Form dough into ball and let rest, covered for about 20 minutes.
• Roll out dough into 2 9x9 baking dishes. Push edges of dough up against dish to prevent fruit topping from spilling.
• For topping, spread cherries over top of dough. With a pasty blender or fork, cut butter into flour and sugar until small crumbs of mixture are formed. Sprinkle crumb mixture over top of cherries.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes until topping begins to golden.