Hazelnut Yeast Cake Using A Bread Machine Food

BREAD MACHINE YEAST COFFEE CAKE (ABM)

Steps:

• Add all cake ingredients to bread pan.
• Select "Dough" setting on your machine and press start.
• Grease a 9 inch round pan or an 8 x 8 inch square pan.
• After cycle is through (about 90 minutes), remove dough and pat dough into prepared pan.
• Topping: Drizzle melted butter over dough.
• Mix together sugar, cinnamon and nuts; sprinkle over butter.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375* and bake cake for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack.
• Drizzle with optional glaze, if desired.
• Combine all glaze ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Spread or drizzle glaze over slightly warm cake.

KING CAKE IN A BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place the warm water, salt, softened butter, egg, sour cream, 3 1/2 tablespoons of sugar, flour, and yeast into a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer, select the dough cycle, and start the machine. Check the dough after about 5 minutes of mixing, and add 1 to 2 more tablespoons of water or flour if the dough is too dry or wet.
• Mix 1/4 cup of sugar, the cinnamon, 2 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter together in a bowl. Grease a baking sheet, and set aside.
• When the dough cycle is finished, remove the dough and roll out to a 10x28-inch rectangle on a floured surface. Spread the cinnamon-butter mixture over the dough, and sprinkle on an even layer of pecans. Pick up one of the long edges, and roll the dough into a 28-inch long log.
• Place the rolled dough onto the prepared baking sheet, seam side down, and form the dough into a ring. Moisten the ends of the dough with a little water; pinch the two ends together to seal. Cover the dough ring with a cloth or greased plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• Mix the confectioners' sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter, vanilla extract, and just enough milk to make a smooth but not thin glaze.
• Remove the cake from the oven, and cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack. While the cake is still warm, spoon the glaze onto the cake, allowing drips of glaze to dribble down the sides of the cake. Immediately sprinkle the cake with alternating bands of purple, green, and yellow colored sugar. Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.

HAZELNUT YEAST CAKE *USING A BREAD MACHINE*

Steps:

• Place all the dough ingredients in the machine, program for Basic Dough, and press Start. After the final cycle, remove the dough and let it rest, covered for 10 minutes. Then proceed with completing the cake.
• Toast the hazelnuts for 10 minutes in a 350 F degree oven and chop.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and cool to lukewarm. Leave the butter in the saucepan for the next step.
• Make the topping. Mix together the 1 cup hazelnuts and 1/2 cup of the hazelnut syrup in a small saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. Take the pan off the heat and stir in 2 tablespoons of the hazelnut liqueur.
• Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch pan. Divide the dough into 24 small pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Place the balls in the saucepan of melted butter and shake them gently to coat. Place the balls in the prepared pan and flatten slightly. Spoon the topping over and around the dough. Cover the pan with lightly greased plastic wrap and set it aside for the dough to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Bake the cake in a preheated 350 F degree oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown and bubbling; you may need to cover it halfway through if it starts to get too brown.
• Make the glaze. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup hazelnut syrup and 2 tablespoons hazelnut liqueur. Remove from the heat and set aside. Remove the cake from the oven and turn it over onto a wire rack; scrape any remaining topping out of the pan and spread it over the cake. Pull the cake slightly into buns and drizzle them with the glaze.

HAZELNUT-AMARETTO LOAF (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• According to the manufacturer's directions add the flour, milk, nuts, egg, sugar, margarine or butter, liqueur, yeast, and salt to a bread machine pan, .
• Bake and cool as directed.
• Drizzle cooled bread with Amaretto Glaze. If desired, top with additional nuts. Makes 1 - 1-1/2 pound loaf (24 servings).
• Amaretto Glaze: In a small bowl stir together 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon amaretto or hazelnut liqueur or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, and enough milk (1 to 2 teaspoons) to make a glaze consistency.

DATE-NUT YEAST BREAD

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the first six ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed)., Just before the final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add dates and walnuts.

SOUR CREAM BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• In the bowl of your bread machine add the ingredients in the order they are listed.
• Make sure that the yeast does not touch the water.
• Set the bread machine on bread cycle.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Warm milk in microwave for 40 seconds on high, run egg under tap water for a minute if its cold.
• Add ingredients in the order suggested by the manufacturer, except the chocolate chips and the nuts.
• Set the cycle to sweet/nut/fruit cycle, 1 1/2 lb loaf.
• Check the dough after about 5 minutes, if its too wet then add a tablespoon of flour at a time, if its too dry then add a tablspoon of water at a time, until dough forms a smooth round ball.
• Add the nuts and chips at the add-in beep.