Yeast Dough for Coffee Cake
author: JoAnn_Baumann
source: Family_Cookbook
tags: mom, recipe, desert, cake
doctype: recipe
rating:
creation date: 2022-10-28
mod date: 2022-10-28
Ingredients
Dough
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 T | Yeast | |
| 1/4 C | Warm Water | |
| 3/4 C | Sugar | |
| 2 | Egg Yolks | |
| 1 C | Milk/Buttermilk | Warm |
| 3 Sticks | Butter | Melted |
| 5 C | Flour | |
| 1/4 t | salt | |
| 1/4 t | vanilla |
Caramel topping
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 1/3 C | Brown Sugar | |
| 1 C | Butter | |
| 4 t | Light Karo Syrup | |
| 1 t | Water |
Caramel Filling
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2 C | Brown Sugar | |
| 4 t | Cinnamon | |
| Melted Butter | ||
| 1 C | Pecans | |
Chocolate Chip Filling
For 1 cake
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 C | Chocolate Chips | |
| 2 T | Butter | |
| 1 C | Chopped Pecans | |
| 2 t | Cinnamon |
Chocolate Chip Streusel Topping
For 1 cake
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 C | Flour | |
| 1/2 C | Brown Sugar | |
| 1 1/2 t | cocoa powder | |
| 1/4 C | Butter | |
| 1/2 C | Walnuts | |
| 1/2 C | Chocolate Chips |
Note
This is also the dough for rugelach and coffee cakes and Carmel pecan cake and pecan rolls.
Dough Instructions
- Dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in 1/4 cup of water. Let bubble and double.
- In a large bowl put in flour and make a well in center of dough.
- Add rest of ingredients. make sure the butter and the milk are warm not hot.
- Add puffy yeast.
- Mix thoroughly with wooden spoon.
- Dough should be soft, smooth and elastic.
- Let raise until double in clean bowl.
- Cover with a cloth. about 1-1 1/2 hours.
Caramel Pecan Coffee Cake Instructions
Makes 2 in in big bundt pan 12 cup size pan.
Or divide recipe in 1/2 and only make 1
- Melt butter and mix in rest of ingredients, stirring until smooth.
- Pour topping into 2 pans.
- Mix together cinnamon and sugar. Divide dough in 1/2 roll out one at a time. brush with melted butter.
- Sprinkle on 1/2 of filling on each one and 1/2 of pecans.
- Roll up into a long log. cut in 12 pieces and place in greased tube pan should be slightly more than 1/2 full.
- Cover and let raise until double about 1-2 hours. Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. Turn pan upside down right from oven on a cooling rack and spoon any dripping caramel back on cake.
Chocolate chip coffee cake:
Chocolate Chip Filling Instructions
Topping: 1 cake
- Melt chocolate chips with butter
- Spread on rolled out dough (1/2 recipe)
- Sprinkle with finely chopped nuts and a bit of cinnamon.
- Roll up dough into a log. form into a circle and place in a 9" tube pan.
Chocolate Chip Streusel Topping Instructions
topping: 1 cake
- Mix first 4 ingredients. until crumbly.
- Stir in nuts and Chocolate chips
- Sprinkle on top of dough. then let raise and bake
- Sprinkle with streusel topping. Let raise until double about 1-2 hours.
Bake 35-40 min. at 350