Apfelkuchen - Apple Cake

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cake yeast
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk, and
• 3/4 cup water, mixed
• 5 cups flour, sifted
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 apples (use a good baking apple, such as granny smith)
• butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (more if necessary)

Recipe

• 1 crumble yeast into a bowl; add 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 cup of milk mixture.
• 2 let stand until yeast is liquefied.
• 3 add 1/2 cup of milk mixture and one cup of flour; beat until smooth.
• 4 set in a warm place to rise, about two hours.
• 5 cream butter and sugar; add eggs and salt, beat well and add remaining diluted milk and flour alternatively.
• 6 beat in yeast mixture.
• 7 cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk or in refrigerator overnight.
• 8 when doubled in bulk, press dough out into a thin layer in well buttered 10 x 14 pans.
• 9 wash apples, peel, core and cut into 1/4" thick slices; dip in butter and place in parallel rows on the dough, having apples slightly overlapping.
• 10 sprinkle generously with brown sugar.
• 11 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 12 let dough rise until double in bulk, about 1/2 hour.
• 13 bake for approximately 1/2 hour.