Recipe#3539

Title: Apple Cream Kuchen

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Yield: 4 servings
 1 pk Yeast, Dry, Active
 4 tb Sugar
 1/4 c  Butter 
 1  Egg
 1/2 ts Salt
 2 c  Flour, Unbleached, Unsifted
 1/2 c  Milk
 3 c  Apples, Tart, Sliced
 1 ts Cinnamon
 2 tb Flour, Unbleached
 1    Egg
 1 tb Lemon Juice
 3/4 c  Sugar
 8 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
 Mix yeast, salt, 4 T sugar, and 3/4 cup flour. Add butter to milk.
 Heat until very warm (120-130 degrees F.). Gradually add milk to
 flour mixture.  Beat for 2 minutes.  Add egg and 1/2 cup flour.
 Beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes.  Mix in
 enough flour to form a soft dough.  Knead for 5 to 10 minutes,
 until dough is shiny and elastic. Place in greased bowl and let
 rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Pat dough into well-greased
 10-inch springform pan pressing the dough 1 1/2 inches up the sides
 of the pan.
 Toss apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 T of
 flour. Arrange in rows on top of the dough.  Beat together cream
 cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg. Spread over apples.  Let rise in
 warm place for 1 hour. Bake at 350 degrees F.  for 30 minutes.
 Best when served warm.