| STOLLEN (Christmas Tea Ring) |
Ingredients:
1/2 cup warm water
2 pkg. active dry yeast
3/4 cup lukewarm milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
4 1/2 to 5 cups flour
1 cup walnuts
Cooking Instructions:
Soak yeast in warm water for 5 minutes. Pour lukewarm milk
over sugar and salt in bowl.
Beat in shortening, eggs and softened yeast. Beat in 1 cup
flour. Add remaining flour to make a
soft dough. When dough leaves sides of bowl, turn out onto
lightly floured board. Knead
until dough becomes smooth and elastic. Place in lightly
greased bowl. Grease top of dough
and cover with waxed paper. Allow to rise in warm place (80 -
85 degrees) until doubled in bulk
(1 - 1 1/2 hours). Divide dough into two portions. Roll each
into a 7 X 16 inch oblong. Spread
with soft butter, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Roll
up as for cinnamon rolls. Start
with long side, seal edges, place sealed edge down in circle
on greased baking sheet. Seal
edges together. Cut 2/3 of way into ring at 1 inch intervals.
Let rise until doubled (35 - 40
minutes). Bake at 375 degrees F. for 20 - 25 minutes. Frost.
Ingredients:
1 pkg Yeast; Active, Dry
4 cups Flour; Unbleached
1 1/2 cups warm (110-120 degrees) Water
1 large Egg; beaten 1 teaspoon Salt
Coarse Salt to coat
1 tablespoon Sugar
Cooking Instructions:
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt and sugar to yeast
mixture. Blend in flour and knead
dough until smooth, about 7 to 8 minutes. Cover and let dough
rise until double in bulk. Punch
down. Cut dough into small pieces and roll into ropes. Twist
ropes into pretzel shapes and place
on greased cookie sheet. Using a pastry brush, brush pretzels
with egg and sprinkle with coarse
salt. Allow pretzels to rise until almost double in bulk. Bake
at 425 degrees F. for 10 to 15 minutes
or until browned. Best if eaten immediately. If not, store in
airtight container.
Ingredients:
2 lb Veal steak
Salt & pepper
Crackers, crushed OR Bread crumbs 1 Egg, beaten
Lemon juice
Egg, fried
Cooking Instructions:
Cut 2 pounds of veal steak, cut 1/2 inch thick, in pieces for
serving. Sprinkle with salt & pepper,
dip in cracker or bread crumbs, then in beaten egg, then again
in crumbs. Let stand a few minutes
then fry on both sides. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garnish
with a fried egg per portion.
Additional Comments:
This is called WeinerSchnitzel in German.
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