Scandinavian Coffee Cake

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  Scandinavian Coffee CakeYield: 1 cake

  Ingredients  

• 1/2  cup  milk
• 1/2  cup  shortening
• 1/2  cup  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1   package active dry yeast
• 1/4  cup warm (not hot) water
• 3  cup sifted enriched Flour
• 2    eggs, beaten
• melted butter, or margarine
• 2/3  cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2  teaspoon  cinnamon
  

  Directions  

• Scald milk.
• Add shortening, sugar, and salt.
• Stir until sugar dissolves; cool to lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in water; combine with milk mixture.
• Stir in half the flour; add eggs; beat well.
• Add enough of remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn out on lightly floured board; knead till smooth and elastic.
• (See recipe for white bread) put in a greased bowl; brush with shortening; cover; let rise in a warm place, 80° to 85° till double in bulk (about 2 hours).
• Turn out on floured board; roll into a rectangle 8 by 12 inches.
• Brush with butter.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll up like jelly roll; shape into a ring on greased baking sheet; pinch ends.
• From the outside, cut through the ring toward center almost all the way through in 1- inch slices.
• Fan out slices slightly to side.
• Brush with shortening; cover; let rise about 45 minutes or till double in bulk.
• Meanwhile set oven for moderate 375f.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes.
• While warm spread with confectioners' sugar icing; sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
  

  

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Walnut Twists

Yield: 1 dozen
Ingredients

    Scandinavian Coffee Cake

Directions

    Prepare recipe for Scandinavian Coffee Cake
    After first rising, combine 2/3 cup each of finely chopped walnuts and sugar; drop the dough by spoonfuls into the sugar-nut mixture, and toss lightly until each portion is well coated; shape each piece into a rope about 8 inches long
    Twist into figure 8's
    Place on well greased baking sheet; let rise again until light
    Meanwhile set oven for hot, 400°
    Bake 12 to 15 minutes

vigest

definitely going to make this