Gramma Grill’s Coffee Cake

GRAMMA GRILL’S COFFEE CAKE (Your new addiction)(USE WARM BOWLS, SPOONS ETC.)

DOUGH: 1 c. Milk
½ c. Sugar
½ c. Butter
1 t. Salt
1 Egg
1 Package of yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water with a pinch of sugar

FILLING: 3/4 c. Melted Butter
3/4 c. Sugar
2 t. Cinnamon

ICING: 2 c. Confectioners Sugar
1/4 c. Cold Water

Crushed Walnuts or Jimmies
MIX
1/4 c. Warm water and yeast with sugar…let sit until it foams.

SCALD MILK

ADD
Sugar, Salt and Butter
Cool to lukewarm

PUT MILK MIXTURE INTO WARM MIXING BOWL

ADD
Eggs and Foamy Yeast…MIX WELL

ADD
2 c. Flour…MIX WELL

ADD
1 c. Flour…MIX UNTIL GLOSSY (The longer the better)

ADD
1 More c. Flour…MIX WELL

COVER BOWL WITH A TOWEL…PUT IN WARM PLACE UNTIL DOUBLES

DIVIDE INTO THREE PARTS

ROLL INTO RECTANGLES ON FLOURED SURFACE

SPREAD
1/3 Of Melted Butter
1/3 Of Sugar/Cinnamon Mix

FOLD LONG SIDES TOWARD MIDDLE…THEN FOLD AGAIN LONG WAYS IN HALF

TWIST AND PUT ONE END INTO AN OTHER…(The secret is in the twist…it seems that only Gramma can get it right. Near as I can figure it’s about 6 twists)

PLACE IN GREASED PIE PAN

COVER UNTIL DOUBLED

BAKE 350…25 MINUTES

ONCE COOLED…COVER WITH ICING

TOP WITH NUTS OR JIMMIES

A COUPLE OF THINGS
This recipe makes 3 cakes…give one away to a friend. These cakes are highly addicting…you may need that friend later when you are in coffee cake therapy.
The secret to these cakes is time…don’t be in a hurry…and MIX WELL!

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