Coffee Cake

Coffee Cake

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
8 x 8" pan
30-35 minutes

Cake
2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cake yeast
3/4 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
Topping
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons nuts, chopped

Sift together into large bowl flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut shortening into dry ingredients. Combine milk and yeast and stir until dissolved. Add yeast, milk and egg to flour mixture and mix well. Spread dough in pan and let stand 30 minutes.

Melt and brown butter. Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts into browned butter. Sprinkle over top of dough. Bake as directed.

Recipe rewritten for clarity.

Here is a yeast conversion chart from Red Star Yeast https://redstaryeast.com/yeast-conversion-chart/

Instructions and Recipes Universal Speedliner Electric Ranges, date unknown but guessing 1950s