Kuga German Breakfast Bread Recipes

GERMAN KUCHEN

Steps:

• 1. Dough- Scald milk and add butter, sugar, and salt. Dissolve yeast in warm water in seperate bowl and then add to milk mixture. Beat in eggs and then flour. Cover and let rise until doubled. About an hour. Punch down and divide into 5 pieces. Roll out into desired shape and let rise 30 minutes. Then choose your topping. I used a 9" round cake pan for mine.
• 2. Cinnamon Topping: Use a pastry blender to mix butter and brown sugar and flour. Add cinnamon and sprinkle over dough after it rises the second time. Dot with Butter if desired. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
• 3. Cherry Topping: Heat can of dark cherry pie filling and spread on crust after it rises second time. Bake for 20 minutes at 375.
• 4. Cheese Topping; Mix cottage cheese, egg and sugar in blender intil creamy. Heat slowly until warm on stove. Pour on dough after rises second time. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
• 5. Butter Topping: Beat together sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Slowly beat in oil. Add oil too fast and it will curdle. Heat on top of stove until hot and pour on crust after second rising. Bake 25 minutes at 375.
• 6. Apple Topping: Peel and slice thinly 3 apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and nutmeg to taste. Roll this dough out in a rectangle. Fill the center with apples and dot with butter. Bake 20 minutes at 375.

KUGA -- GERMAN BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in lukewarm water.
• In a separate bowl, combine milk with sugar, butter and salt; let cool to lukewarm and add 2 cups of flour to make a batter.
• Add yeast mixture and eggs; beat well.
• Add remaining flour or enough to make a soft dough.
• Knead well, cover and let rise till doubled in bulk, about 2 hours (depending upon the temperature in the kitchen).
• Punch down and let rise again until doubled in volume.
• This will make 3 portions for 9" x 12" pans or 6 portions for 9" round pans.
• Divide into desired portions, roll out evenly and spread into greased pans.
• Mix topping ingredients together and spread 1/3 on each cake; place fruit on top.
• Mix rivels ingredients together.
• Sprinkle 1/3 of the crumbs on each cake.
• Let it rise again in the pan.
• While rising, preheat oven to 375°F
• Bake until golden brown; serve either warm or cool.

RIVEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water to which 1 teaspoon of sugar has been added.
• Scald 2 cups milk; add 1/2 cup sugar, shortening and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Beat in eggs. Add flour enough to make medium thick batter and beat well. Add beaten eggs and dissolved yeast, beat well. Stir in the remaining flour. When too thick to mix by spoon, pour onto floured board. Knead dough until smooth and elastic.
• Put dough into greased bowl, and let rise until double in size. Divide into 2 parts. Knead each down, and roll out to fit 13 X 9 inch pan.
• Put 1 1/2 cup sugar into heavy skillet and brown, stirring all the time. Add 3 cups water. Cook until sugar is dissolved. Sir together 3 tablespoons flour and 3/4 cup milk; add to the sugar water. Cook until mixture is thick like gravy. Cool. Add allspice. Spread on unbaked coffee cakes.
• Mix 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter or margarine, 1 tablespoon sugar, and cinnamon until crumbly. Sprinkle rivels mixture over coffee cake.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.

KOUGAN

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl thoroughly mix 2 cips flour, sugar, salt, undesolved yeast, and btter. Blend togeather in mixer, slowly add very hot tap water. Mix 2 miniutes on meduim scraping side of the bowl occasionaly. Add eggs and 1 cup of flour, beat in high 2 miniutes. Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough, turn onto floured board, keed till smooth and elastic about 8 to 10 miniutes. Place in buttered bowl, cover with waxed paper and a towl. Let rest in a warm place till dough doubles, about 20 miniuted. Combine brown sugar and nuts (cinnamon if desired). Punch down dough, divide in half, roll each half on a floured surface, into 16 x 8 rectangle. Bruck with metled butter, drizzle with honey, pread 1/2 sugar nut mix, roll up, plabe on greased baking sheet. Repeat with other half. Cover and allow to rise, Bake 375 oven for 20 to 25 minutes untill golden brown.