Cream Cheese Coffee Ring Food

CREAM CHEESE COFFEE CAKE, PENZEY'S

Steps:

• Remove the sheets of puff pastry from the box, let thaw. Preheat oven to 350 . Lightly grease a 9x13" cookie sheet. Unfold one sheet of puff pastry, roll lightly with a rolling pin until the sheet is a bit bigger than the cookie sheet. Be careful not to tear the sheet. Flour isn't necessary when rolling puff pastry.
• Place the sheet of puff pastry on the cookie sheet. With a mixer blend sugar, room temperature cream cheese and vanilla together on medium speed until creamy Spread over the pastry sheet, leaving the outer inch or so uncovered.
• Roll out the second sheet of pastry to roughly equal the size of the first sheet,then lay it on top. Tuck the bottom edge up and under, then pinch the sides firmly all the way around with your fingers.
• Beat the egg white until foamy-about I minute on medium speed, Brush the crust with the egg white, then sprinkle on CINNAMON-SUGAR and nuts If desired.
• Bake in preheated 350' oven for 25-30 minutes, until the pastry crust is puffy, golden brown and flaky. Remove from oven and cool for at least 15 minutes before serving. The pastry will lose some of its puffiness as it cools.

HUNGARIAN CHEESE-FILLED COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in the warm water. Melt butter.
• Sift flour with 3/4 C of the sugar and the salt into a large bowl.
• Beat egg yolks until thick and light; blend in the sour cream and melted butter; stir in the dissolved yeast.
• Gradually stir the egg yolk mixture into the dry ingredients, mixing to make a soft, smooth dough. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead for 5 minutes, or uintil the dough is smooth. Turn into a bowl, cover, and let rise until almost doubled in bulk.
• Prepare cheese filling. Cream the cheese until light and blend in the remaining 1/2 C sugar. Add the whole eggs, one at a time, and beat until smooth. Blend in vanilla.
• Punch down dough and knead a few minutes. Lightly flour a board; roll out dough into a large circle, about 18 inches in diameter, and lay it over a greased 3-quart ring mold (you may use two 9" ring molds. Roll 1/2 dough 13" thick for each 9" ring mold). Fit the dough down into the bottom and the sides of the ring mold, being careful not to poke holes in it, and let it hang over the outside. Pour in the cheese filling (1/2 cheese fill for each 9" ring mold).
• Lift outside edges of the dougn, and lap it over the filling, sealing to the inside ring of dough. Cut a cross in the dough which covers the center of the ring mold and fold each triangle formed back over the ring, completely encasing the filling.
• Let rise until doubled in bulk or until the dough comes to the top of the pan.
• Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 40 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. (For 9" ring mold, bake for 30 minutes.) Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn out with top side down onto a rack.
• When bread ring is cool, heat jam until it runs easily; carefully spoon jam over the ring. When set, dust lightly with powdered sugar by shaking about 2 tbsp sugar through a sieve. To serve, slice the ring in 1" wedges.

VERY CHERRY CRESCENT RING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Reserve 3 tablespoons cherries for topping. For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar and extract until smooth. Stir in 3/4 cup pecans and remaining cherries., On a lightly floured surface, unroll crescent dough into one long rectangle; press perforations to seal. Fold dough lengthwise in half; roll into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Spread filling over top to within 1 in. of edges. Roll up tightly jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal., Transfer to a greased baking sheet, seam side down; shape into a ring, pinching ends to seal. Using kitchen scissors, start at outside edge and cut two-thirds of the way through the ring at 1-in. intervals. Separate sections slightly and twist to show filling., Bake until golden brown, 20-30 minutes. (Cover loosely with foil if it browns too quickly.) , Using two large spatulas, remove from pan to a wire rack. Mix confectioners' sugar, milk and extract; spoon over warm coffeecake. Top with reserved cherries and, if desired, additional pecans.

COFFEE CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix butter, cream cheese and coffee until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar & vanilla.
• Add 1 egg at a time.
• Combine flour & salt; add to mix.
• Pour into a bundt pan sprayed with Pam and dusted with flour or cocoa powder and bake at 300° for 90 minutes.
• The top (actually bottom) will still look moist. That is perfect. I let it cook to long once, and the whole cake was very dry. Better to be a bit moist with this one.

CREAM CHEESE COFFEE RING

Steps:

• 1. Using a large mixing bowl (I use my Kitchenaid mixer) mix 1 cup of the flour with 1/3 cup sugar, salt, and undissolved yeast.
• 2. In a small saucepan (or microwave) heat together the water, milk, and butter until liquids are very warm (120-130 degrees F). Add this gradually to the above dry ingredients mixture and beat 2 minutes at medium speed of mixer.
• 3. Add 1/2 cup flour and 1 egg. Beat at high speed for 2 minutes. Stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough. (You may not need all of it.) Cover bowl of dough with a dish towel and place bowl in a warm place to rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
• 4. Cheese Filling: Beat cream cheese until fluffy, then beat in 2 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, and almond flavoring.
• 5. Roll dough into an 18" circle. The dough will be very limp. Carefully place dough over a bundt pan (or angel food cake pan) allowing it to fill the pan, leaving a bit of dough to hang over edge of pan. It will be stretching in the middle, but leave it like that for now.
• 6. Pour cream cheese filling around the dough in the well of the bundt pan. Fold the outer edges of dough over the filling. Cut an "X" in the center of the dough in the bundt pan and peel these four corners down over the filling and dough edges. Allow this dough to rise for another hour or until doubled in size.
• 7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; bake for 30 minutes or test with a toothpick for doneness. Turn ring out onto a serving plate and frost with glaze if desired.
• 8. Glaze: Mix together confectioners' sugar, milk, and flavoring and beat until smooth. Pour over coffee ring.

CHERRY CHEESE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine crean cheese, 1/3 cup powdered sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla; mix until smooth.
• Unrool crescent rolls and reserve four triangles for decoration.
• Separate remaining dough into 12 triangles and arrange on a 15" round baking sheet (Baking stone preferably) with points toward the center.
• Roll dough into a 14" circle to seal the seams.
• Cut the center out with a glass and discard.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over dough to within 1/2 inch of the edges; top with pie filling.
• Roll remaining dogh into a rectangle; 6" wide and 7" long.
• Cut lengthwise into 12 strips.
• Twist strips and place in a spoke-like fashion over filling.
• Press ends to seal at center and outer edges.
• Brush strips with lightly beaten egg white.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown; cool slightly.
• For Glaze: Mix remaining powdered sugar and milk until smooth.
• Drizzle over coffee cake.

CREAM CHEESE DANISH COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
• Combine 1 cup milk and butter in a 2-quart saucepan over low heat; heat until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F (40 to 54 degrees C)), about 5 minutes.
• Beat milk-butter mixture gradually into flour mixture on low speed. Increase speed to medium; beat for 2 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape the bowl with a spatula. Beat in 1 cup flour and egg, occasionally scraping the bowl. Switch to the dough hook attachment; mix in remaining 2 cups flour until a soft dough forms.
• Turn dough out on a lightly floured work surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Shape into a ball. Transfer to a greased bowl. Turn over to coat top with grease. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Punch down dough and turn out on a lightly floured surface. Divide into 2 pieces. Place each piece in a separate bowl. Cover and refrigerate, 2 hours to overnight.
• Combine cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, 1 egg, and lemon juice in the clean bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on low speed until evenly blended. Increase speed to medium; beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Grease 2 baking sheets. Roll 1 piece of dough into a 12x15-inch rectangle. Transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Spread cream cheese filling in a 4-inch strip down the center of each rectangle. Cut dough on both sides of the filling into 1-inch-wide strips. Fold strips alternately over the filling to create a braid. Cover braided dough and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Brush tops of braids with 2 tablespoons milk.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

COFFEE CAKE RING

Steps:

• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 15x12-in. rectangle. Spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. (If using Fruity Cream Cheese Filling, spread with cream cheese mixture; set jam aside.) Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. place, seam side down, on a greased 12-in. pizza pan; pinch ends together to form a ring. With scissors, cut from outside edge two-thirds of the way toward center of the ring at 1-1/2-in. intervals (see photos below right). Separate pieces; slightly twist to show filling. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. (If using Fruity Cream Cheese Filling, place 1 teaspoon of jam in the center of each slice.) Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool. , For glaze, combine sugar, butter, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. drizzle over coffee cake.