German Kuchen
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 3:54am

Ingredients




1 pkg. yeast or 1 cake
1 pt. warm milk
1/2 cup shortening, melted
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 whole eggs, beaten
4 cups flour (to make a sponge consistency)
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup cream, canned milk or 1 cup sour cream
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 Soften yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Add to warm milk and beaten eggs, melted shortening, salt and sugar. Mix together then add the flour and mix well. Let rise about double in size, then you are ready to roll out. 2 Mix the above ingredients with a wire whip. You may add a sprinkle of cinnamon on top of fruit. Fruits to be used are stewed prunes, apricots, grapes, raisins or peaches. After dough is ready, roll out about pie crust thickness and put into pie pan as you would pie. Roll as many kuchens as you wish to bake, then set aside to rise again, about 1/2 hour. You are then ready to bake. Fill kuchen about 3/4 full with the custard filling, then lay fruit in one layer into the custard and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake at 325 degrees until custard is set, about 3/4 of an hour.