On Apr 7, 7:21*pm, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:37:54 GMT, "Mike Muth"
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> >Apfelkuchen (Apple Cake) #3- a German recipe
> >This goes quite nicely with your afternoon coffee or tea.
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> >2 cups flour
> >1 egg, beaten
> >3 tsp baking powder
> >5 tart apples
> >1 cup milk
> >1 tsp salt
> >2 Tbsp sugar
> >1 rounded Tbsp butter
> >cinnamon sugar
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> >Sift the flour, baking powder, 2 Tbsp sugar, and the salt
> >together.
> >Mix the milk and the egg.
> >Cut the butter into the dry mixture.
> >Add the egg/milk mixture.
> >Mix well. *This should give you a soft dough.
> >Roll or pat out to 1/2 inch thickness.
> >Put into a greased shallow pan.
> >Brush the top with shortening or butter.
> >Peel and core the apples.
> >Slice the apples. *One method for doing this is to halve the
> >apple and then halve those pieces. *Then, halve them all again.
> >The apple slices should be about 1/4 inch thick.
> >Press them into rows on the dough. *Each slice should overlap the
> >one behind it in its row.
> >Sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture.
> >Dot with butter.
> >Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
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> I'm with you all the way until the end. *My family always poured a
> little egg, sugar mix over the top of any kuchen fruit and no
> cinnamon. *When baked, the top is just that little bit custardy. *We
> would sub plums, apples, peaches, pears, whatever in this recipe. *The
> plum version (from our tree) was always a bit tart.
> Janet US

I make that version, too. (This is the 3d recipe I've posted. #1 is
with cinnamon riwwel on top). We also like to use Italian plums for
this.