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Kuchen
Out there doing that stuff that you do, you go on. Go ahead. You’ll be sorry and when you come back all hungry, what are you going to do then? You think I’m going to wash all your clothes and make your bed for you? Am I dumb or what? You go away and whatever, traipse around, then you take care of yourself not me. I’m shut of it.
You get back all dirty and hungry, it’s not my fault. I’m not the one made you do that. I don’t see the point you got a life right here you can watch TV if you want some fun. That stuff’s for kids anyway. Kids play in the dirt. You’re grown up now so you should just act like it. When the bears eat you what are you gonna do? Then what? Eating with your fingers like an animal. Eating with a stick. My god, don’t tell anybody where you’re from, I don’t want anyone to know you’re one of us or just know us and come by sometime.
You stay in town and act like a normal person you can have good food. Here are my recipes for kuchen. This is good food. You should eat this. Stay home once. Grow up for crying out loud. This is dessert. From the old country. My mother made it and my grandmother made it, and all the women all the way back. You’ll like it too.
Kuchen dough (makes eight)
Soak 2 yeast packages in 1/2 cup lukewarm water. Set aside. Scald one cup milk with one half cup of shortening. Pour into large bowl, then add:
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- yeast
Then add 7 or more cups of flour. Knead well. Grease over top. Dough should be a little sticky. Cover & let rise until double in bulk.
Knead and let rise again. Split dough into 8 portions on floured board. Roll out to fit 8 inch or 9 inch round tins. Let these rise for at least 1/2 hour in pans. Now proceed with filling. This dough can be used for dinner rolls & caramel rolls. It’s a sweet dough.
Those cheap 9 inch aluminum pans you can buy in the grocery store are about the right size. If you use a larger size, you have to stretch dough a little then & use more sour cream filling.
Also just push dough up sides of pan a little bit & not over the outside edge like you would pie crust, otherwise you get too thick an outside crust & not enough dough in the center.
Cottage cheese filling for 2 kuchens
- 2 cup Cream type cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup Sugar & 2 tblsp of flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (or cinnamon)
Mix will & put over kuchen. Bake at 350 degrees - 30 min. Remove from oven & pan & sprinkle with a bit of sugar & nutmeg.
Apple - Peach (or any fruit you like)
Prick dough in pans with a fork then add a layer of sliced apple or any fruit and top with the following custard:
Custard for 4 kuchens
- 2 cup Sour cream
- 1 cup Sugar
- 4 tablespoon flour
- 2 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix well & pour over fruit. Bake 350 degrees for 30 min. Remove from oven & pans & sprinkle with sugar & a bit of cinnamon.
Prune Filling for 2 kuchens
- 2 cups of cooked & mashed prunes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix well & put on top of kuchens which should be pricked with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min. Remove from oven & sprinkle with a bit of sugar & cinnamon. 1 package of prunes makes 2 kuchen. If you add more cream, it gets too runny. Also, recipe don’t say so, but add some flour to filling (at least 2 tablespoons).