Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Streusel Kuchen

Category: Breads

1/2 c Potato, mashed

1/2 c Butter and other shortening,

3 1/2 c Flour

*dissolved in:

2 Egg, well beaten

1 1/2 c Flour

1 c Flour

1 Egg yolk, well beaten

1/2 c Potato water

1/2 c Sugar

1 c Yeast

1/2 c Water, lukewarm

1/2 c Sugar

*topping:

1/2 c Sugar

Mix together the mashed potatoes, potato water, shortening and sugar. Add

to this about 3 1/2 cups flour and the dissolved yeast. Set this dough

aside to rise in a warm place over night. The following morning add the

eggs, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 cups flour. Allow this mixture to stand in a

warm place until light. Then roll out pieces 6 by 8 by 1 inch thick and

place in greased oblong pans. When cakes are ready to be put into the oven,

brush top of cake with melted butter. Strew over the tops of the cakes the

topping mixture. This mixture should be rubbed through a coarse sieve. Bake

at 400-F about 20 minutes.