Glazed Apple Lattice Coffee Cake

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A tempting Polish braided sweet bread filled with a spicy apple filling and drizzled with icing. This delectable and fragrant coffee cake does take a bit of time to prepare, but is actually quite easy to make, and well worth the effort. Once you've made it, your family will ask for it again and again....

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Glazed Apple Lattice Coffee Cake Ingredients

-- Basic Sweet Dough --	1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour	2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar	1 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 packages (1/4 oz) quick rise yeast	1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
1 teaspoon salt	1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
3/4 cup milk	4 cups apples, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup water	-- Icing --
1/3 cup butter	1 cup powdered sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature	1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice
-- Apple Filling --	1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened

Instructions for Glazed Apple Lattice Coffee Cake

In a large bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Melt butter in a sauce pan, add milk and water, and heat until just warm (105-115 degrees F). Gradually add milk mixture to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs and 1/2 cup flour; beat 2 minutes at high speed. With spoon, stir in remaining flour to form a stiff batter; grease top. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; rerfigerate 2 hours or up to 3 days.

Remove dough from the refrigerator. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each half into 9- by 12-inch rectangle. Place each on a greased baking sheet. Spread with butter.

Combine the brown sugar, flour, and spices in a large bowl. Add apples and toss to coat. Spread filling down center third of each rectangle.

On each long side, cut 1-inch wide strips about 3 inches into center. Starting at one end, fold alternating strips at an angle across filling; seal ends.(* see photo) Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 45 to 60 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees F. until golden brown, about 30 to 40 minutes. Combine icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over warm loaves. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Makes 2 loaves, 8 to 10 servings each.

Main Ingredient: ApplesCuisine: Polish

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Bake Advance AP flour Sugar yeast milk butter eggs brown sugar cinnamon nutmeg allspice apples orange juice vanilla sweet bread sweet dough cake coffee cake Snacks Desserts Brunch Breakfast Apples Polish Yeast bread

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Just a note to readers -- be sure to look at the very helpful multiple images here that sgrishka has posted. They really walk you through the lattice technique very well.

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on Jul 16 2008 11:27AM

I love this recipe! The sweet dough is rich, but not overly sweet or heavy, and the apple filling is simply delightful. This time, I doubled the recipe to make four coffee cakes for a Church social. I glazed two of them and, for a variation, I washed the tops of the other two with milk and sprinkled them with turbinado sugar (see additional photo's). They were all wonderful!