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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
1
⁄2 cup firmly packed
brown sugar
1
1
⁄2 teaspoons
cinnamon
1 cup chopped
walnuts or pecans
3 cups all-purpose
flour
1
1
⁄2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking
powder
1 teaspoon baking
soda
1
⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 cup margarine or
butter, softened
1 cup reduced-fat
sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts in
small bowl. Set aside.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking
soda, and salt in mixer bowl. Add margarine,
sour cream, and vanilla. Attach bowl and flat
beater to mixer. Turn to Stir Speed and mix
about 30 seconds, or until ingredients are
combined. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to Speed
4 and beat about 1
1
⁄2 minutes. Stop and scrape
bowl.
Turn to Stir Speed and add eggs, one at a time,
mixing about 15 seconds after each addition.
Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 30 seconds.
Spread half of batter in greased and floured
13 x 9 x 2" baking pan or 10" tube pan. Sprinkle
with half of cinnamon–sugar mixture. Spread
remaining batter in pan and top with remaining
cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake at 350°F for 50 to
60 minutes. Serve warm.
Yield: 16 servings.
Per serving: About 362 cal, 6 g protein, 47 g
carb, 17 g fat, 44 mg chol, 349 mg sodium.
Caramel Apple Kuchen
1 recipe Basic Sweet
Dough (see “Basic
Sweet Dough”
recipe)
2 cups firmly packed
brown sugar
6 tablespoons all-
purpose flour
2 teaspoons
cinnamon
6 tablespoons
margarine or
butter, softened
6-8 apples (8 cups),
peeled and thinly
sliced
Divide dough in half. Press each half into greased
13 x 9 x 2" baking pan. Gently press edges
1
⁄2" up sides.
Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft,
45 to 60 minutes, or until doubled in bulk.
Meanwhile, place brown sugar, flour, cinnamon,
and margarine in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and
flat beater to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix
about 1 minute.
Arrange apple slices over dough in each of two
pans. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar mixture.
Bake at 350°F for 35 to 45 minutes, or until
golden brown and apples are tender. Serve
warm.
Yield: 24 servings (12 pieces per kuchen).
Per serving: About 301 cal, 5 g protein, 54 g
carb, 8 g fat, 27 mg chol, 207 mg sodium.