Mimi's Cheese Coffee Braid |
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Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cook Time: 180 Minutes |
Ready In: 220 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This has a wonderful cheese filling. When you buy the cottage cheese, don't get a low-fat, get the good stuff. I get Hood's Country Style. It is good with just the cheese or you could add a can of cherry pie filling on top and WOW! what a treat. It is even better after you refrigerate it. Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 (1/4 ounce) packages dry yeast |
3 1/2 cups flour (about) |
6 tablespoons butter |
2/3 cup water |
1 egg |
1 (8 ounce) container cream-style cottage cheese |
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (softened) |
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar |
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel |
1 egg yolk (save the white to put on braid before baking) |
Directions:
1. Combine sugar, salt, yeast, and 1 cup flour in a bowl.
2. In a saucepan heat the butter and water until very warm (but not too hot as that will kill the yeast-about 115 degrees).
3. With mixer on low speed, beat the liquid into the dry ingredients and then at medium speed, beat for 2 minutes.
4. Beat in the egg and 3/4 cup flour and beat for 2 more minutes.
5. Stir in 1 1/4 cups flour and then turn out on a floured board and knead adding flour if you need it.
6. Put into a greased bowl and rise for 1 hour.
7. Meanwhile prepare the filling.
8. FILLING:.
9. Press the cottage cheese through a fine sieve into a bowl. Beat on low speed with cream cheese, confectioners sugar, lemon peel, and egg yolk till well blended.
10. BACK TO THE DOUGH:.
11. Punch down the dough and cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
12. Grease a large cookie sheet.
13. Roll dough out to a to 12x15 rectangle.
14. Spread the filling in a 4 strip lengthwise down the center.
15. IT IS AT THIS POINT YOU WOULD PUT THE CHERRY PIE FILLING-AS MUCH AS YOU WANT-ON TOP OF THE CHEESE.
16. Cut dough on both sides of filling crosswise into 1 strips.
17. Place strips at an angle across filling, alternating sides for braided effect.
18. Place braid on cookie sheet; cover and let rise till double.
19. Beat an egg white and brush on braid.
20. Bake in 350°F oven for 20 minutes or till browned.
21. Cool 15 minutes.
22. If you want to drizzle some thin icing on top, that is also good.
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