Apple & Cream Kuchen

Name: Apple and Cream Kuchen
Yield: 4
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: yeast, active dry; salt; sugar; flour; butter; milk; eggs; apples, granny smith; lemon juice; cinnamon; sugar; flour, unbleached, all-purpose; cream cheese; eggs

Submitted by jyhess

Cake and yeast risen bread combined with apples and cream cheese. It’s like apple strudel bread on steroids.

Ingredients

Cake

PACKAGE YEAST, ACTIVE DRY

TEASPOON SALT

TABLESPOONS SUGAR

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
unsifted

CUP BUTTER
or margerine

CUP MILK

LARGE EGGS

Filling

CUPS GRANNY SMITH APPLES
sliced

TABLESPOON LEMON JUICE

TEASPOON CINNAMON

CUP SUGAR

TABLESPOONS UNBLEACHED ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

OUNCES CREAM CHEESE
softened

LARGE EGGS

Directions

CAKE: Mix yeast, salt, 4 tablespoon sugar, and ¾ cup flour. Add butter to milk.

Heat until very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Gradually add milk to flour mixture.

Beat for 2 minutes. Add egg and ½ cup flour.

Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes.

Mix in enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic.

Place in greased bowl and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.

Pat dough into well-greased 10-inch springform pan pressing the dough 1½ inches up the sides of the pan.

FILLING:

Toss apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, ¼ cup sugar, and 2 tablespoon of flour.

Arrange in rows on top of the dough. Beat together cream cheese, ½ cup sugar, and egg. Spread over apples. Let rise in warm place for 1 hour. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F for 30 minutes. Best when served warm.