Christmas Coffee Cakes Food

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. add 1/3 dry ingredients to batter, then 1/3 sour cream. Repeat additions of dry ingredients and sour cream two more times, beating only until incorporated after each addition.
• For topping: mix with a fork the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Grease a 9x13-inch pan. Put half the batter in the pan, then half the topping, remaining batter, and remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 for 28 minutes in a metal pan, or at 325 for 30-35 minutes in a pyrex pan.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Set aside. Drain cherries on paper towels. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in cherries., Pour half of the batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan; sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan just before serving.

CHRISTMAS TREE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl throughly mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt& dry yeast. Set aside.
• In small saucepan combine milk, water and butter.
• Heat to 130ºF (butter does not need to melt).
• Slowly add liquid to the above dry ingredients; beat for 2 minutes with electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Add egg and 1 cup flour.
• Beat at high speed additional 2 minutes.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make stiff dough (approx. 1 cup).
• Cover tightly.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• When ready to make rolls, prepare filling.
• In large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla.
• Beat just until well blended.
• Stir in drained pineapple.
• Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
• Divide dough in half; keep one half in refrigerator while working with other half.
• On lightly floured surface roll first dough half to an 11" x 10" rectangle.
• Spread with half of the cream cheese pineapple filling.
• Roll up on 11" side- pinch seams to seal.
• Cut into 1" slices and arrange in shape of Christmas tree on cookie sheet.
• Cover lightly with plastic wrap.
• Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• Let arranged slices rise approximately 1 hour in draft free warm place.
• Preheat oven to 375ºF- Bake 15 minutes; cover with aluminum foil to prevent browning.
• Bake additional 5-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• Place cherries, cut side down in center of each roll.
• Combine powdered sugar with milk and drizzle over the rolls.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKES

Steps:

• In a large mixer bowl thoroughly mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and undissolved yeast. In a small saucepan, combine milk, water and butter. Heat over low heat until very warm (120 to 130 degrees). Butter does not need to melt. Gradually add to dry ingredients and beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping the bowl occassionally. Add egg and 1 cup of flour and beat at high speed 2 minutes. Stir in enough additional flour (about 1 cup) to make a stiff batter. Cover bowl with foil. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. (I usually do it overnight.) Have your filling ready (recipes below) then: Grease 2 large cookie sheets. Then cover them with parchment paper. (You don't have to do the parchment paper, but I usually do, as the fillings are very runny.) Divide the dough in have, refrigerate half until ready to use. On a lightly floured surface (I use a marble rectangular surface) roll out the dough into a rectangle, about 11" x 10" or so. Place on cookie sheet. Then cut the dough crosswises down in 1 inch slices leaving a large chunk of the middle in tact. You are going to place the filling on the middle portion and cross the dough "sleeves" over the filling making a cross hatch pattern. Cover the cakes with plastic warp completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 50 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Bake 15 minutes. Then check the cakes and cover edges with foil if need be to ensure even browing and bake for about 10 minutes more, you judge. Let them cool a little and sprinkle the top lightly with confectioners sugar.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter. Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast (2 tablespoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla. Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set dough aside and let it rise, until double in size.
• When your coffee cake dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours) put it in a 9x13" greased pan and spread with topping.
• To make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and nuts (you can use maraschino cherries or candied red and green cherries if you don't like nuts).
• Place in a cold oven and leave it in there overnight to rise.
• The next morning turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1/2 hour. Take out and serve warm.