Streusel Kuchen A La Thoben Recipes

STREUSELKUCHEN (CLASSIC GERMAN CRUMB CAKE)

Steps:

• Warm the milk in the microwave or on the stove. It needs to be warm but not hot or boiling.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the flour and the instant dry yeast (check the instructions on the package to be sure it doesn't have to be dissolved in water or milk first). Add the sugar, and then the lukewarm milk. Knead the contents of the bowl together using the spiral dough hooks of your hand mixer until everything is mixed together.
• Then add the vanilla extract, soft butter, egg, and a pinch of salt to the bowl. Keep kneading the dough for another 5 minutes until the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl. Use your hands to form it into a nice ball. If your dough is too sticky, you can add a bit more flour. If the dough is a little too dry and crumbly, add a little more milk to the mix.
• Take a towel or a lid and place it over the bowl with the dough inside. Set the bowl in a warm place without a draft to allow the dough to rise. This should take approximately one hour.
• Around the 55 minute mark of the dough rise timeline, get your baking pan ready by lining it with parchment paper or by greasing it.
• Once the hour is up and the ball of dough has increased in size noticeably, remove it from the bowl. Sprinkle your countertop with flour and give the dough a quick knead with your hands. Then roll out the dough using a rolling pin to fit your baking sheet/pan. We typically use a baking pan that is around 13.5 x 9.5 inches. Once the dough is rolled to size, place the dough onto the baking sheet. Let it rest for another 15 minutes.
• In the meantime preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare the streusel for the topping. For this, place butter, sugar, and flour into a bowl. Using the spiral dough hooks or your hands, quickly knead the ingredients until small crumbs form. Press them together lightly with your hands, then set them aside.
• Once the 15 minutes of rest are up, lightly brush the dough with some water or milk. This will allow the streusel to stick better.
• Then evenly place the streusel on top of the dough.
• Bake the cake on the middle rack of your oven for around 25-30 minutes until the crumbs are lightly golden brown.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool. You can dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.

STREUSEL KUCHEN (CRUMB CAKE)

Steps:

• In a food processor, add 2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 egg yolks, and 1/2 lb. butter (2 sticks, cut up into pieces).
• Pulse until mixture is crumbly and butter is incorporated into the flour (be careful not to overdo it).
• Put mixture in a 13x9 pan which has been sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray (or, use additional butter).
• Spread mixture and pat down.
• Heat open jars of jam in the microwave for a minute or two so that jam will spread easily over the crumb mixture.
• Spread the 1.5 jars of jam over the mixture in the pan. (Pro Tip: buy three jars so you have enough jam for two batches!).
• Repeat steps 1 through 4 above, but this time pulse a little longer so that the crumb mixture is a little chunkier (not much though!) and sprinkle over layer of jam.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until golden brown.

STREUSELKUCHEN (CRUMB CAKE)

Steps:

• TOPPING: Mix sugars, cinnamon and flour. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• CAKE: To make cake, mix 1 cup flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl.
• Place milk and butter in a sauce pan and heat until very warm (120°- 130° F). Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes.
• Beat in egg and 1 cup flour then beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft but stiff batter.
• Spread batter into a well-greased 9-inch square cake pan and sprinkle with topping.
• Let rise in a warm place until double in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes or until done.

PEACH STREUSEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• To make the dough, put the ingredients into the bread machine in the order listed and set on the dough setting.
• When the dough is ready, lightly grease a 10" springform pan.
• Punch down the dough on a lightly floured surface and roll out to fit the pan.
• Arrange the sliced peaches to cover the surface of the dough.
• Make the topping by mixing the flour, ground almonds and butter together until they resemble coarse crumbs.
• Stir in the sugar and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle the topping over the peaches.
• Cover the dough with lightly oiled plastic wrap and leave in a warm place for 20 to 25 minutes so it can rise slightly.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Bake the cake for 25 to 30 minutes or until evenly golden.
• Leave it to cool in the pan for a few minutes and serve warm, or turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

STREUSEL KUCHEN

Steps:

• To make streusel: Mix sugar, cinnamon and flour together; cut in butter to make fine crumbs. Add vanilla and nuts.
• Cream butter, sugar, salt and egg yolk.
• Add milk alternately with flour and the softened yeast cake.
• Beat well and add stiffly beaten egg white; cover and allow to rise overnight.
• Add just enough flour to allow handling; roll pieces of dough into flat cakes, large enough to fit piepans.
• Spread on well-greased pie pans, cover and let rise until doubled.
• Brush melted butter over top and spread with streusel OR sprinkle thickly with brown sugar instead.
• Bake at 400F about 20 minutes.