Apple Crumb Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup warm water, 105-115 degrees
• 3 -3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 ounce active dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 2 apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 6 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 scald milk, add butter and water. cool to luke warm. place 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast in bowl of electric stand mixer with dough hook attatched. turn on low and mix 15 seconds. gradually add warm liquid to bowl, mixing 1 minute add egg and mix 1 min longer. continue on low, add additional 1 to 1 1/2 cups flour. 1/2 cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. knead 2 min longer.
• 2 place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. cover: let rise in warm place, free from draft, until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• 3 crumb filling: mix all ingredients with fork until crumbly.
• 4 punch down dough and divide in half. roll each half to 9 inch circle. place 1 circle in bottom of greased 9 in springform pan. sprinkle one forth of crumb filling on dough. arrange half the apple slices on filling. cover with 1/4 of filling mixture. place second dough circle in pan. contine to repeat layers. cover and let rise 1 hour or until double in size.
• 5 bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. remove sides of springform pan immediately and cool on wire rack.