German Prune Coffeecake

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Title: GERMAN PRUNE COFFEECAKE
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 2 Servings

Mrs cecil lewis
1 c Milk
1/2 c Butter or margarine; melted
1/2 c Sugar
2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Lemon extract
1/3 c Warm water
1 pk Yeast
1 ts Sugar
2 Eggs; beaten
3 1/2 c Flour; unsifted
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1 lb Prunes; cooked and pitted
1/2 c Sugar
Butter
Sugar
Cinnamon

Combine milk (canned milk, half milk and half water does not have to be
scalded), butter, sugar, salt and flavoring in a mixing bowl. dissove yeast
in 1/3 c warm water with 1 t sugar. add yeast mixture and beaten eggs. Add
flour and mix well until batter makes a soft dough. Beat with a spoon about
20 times. Let it rise until doubled. Knead gently. Divide dough into 2
portions and roll each to a rectangle. Place dough on a cookie sheet. Put
half of prunes in each center and dough down each side towads the center.
Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in a warm place. Dot with butter,
sugar, and cinnamon. Bake at 350~F until light brown, about 20-25 minutes.
Makes 2 large coffeecakes. Margaret Garland DFYX18A Source: Prize Winning
Recipes from the State Fair of Texas, 1976.

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