W WACHTER
2 cups
Bread flour
1/4 cup
Water
1/4 cup
Sugar
1
Egg -- or 1/4 cup egg sub.
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Act. dry yeast
1/4 cup
Margarine
-----ALMOND FILLING----- -- Combine
8 ounces
Cream cheese -- softened .
prefer 4 oz
1/8 cup
Sugar -- and
2 tablespoons Almond Extract
Make of dough
cycle and remove to greased bowl. Rest in refrigerater 30 min.
Knead breifly
on floured board and roll into 15x10 in. rectangle. Spread filling
leaving 1/2
inch border on all sides. Starting long side, roll into jellyroll and tuck
and seal ends.
Seal long seam and place on greased baking sheet, shaping into
horseshoe. Cut
slits with scissors through top of dough at 2 inch intervals.
Cover and let
rise in warm place till double in bulk, about 45 minutes. Brush top
with beaten
egg or egg sub. and bke in preheated oven 375 degrees for 15 to 20
min. till golden.
Cool slightly and drizzle with powdered sugar glaze.
ALMOND
FILLING: Combine in small bowl and mix to spreading consistency.
You may add
more extract and sugar to taste. Also you may use 1 T. milk or more
to thin depending
on type of cream cheese. For a really festive one add candied
cherries in
slits and sprinkle with sliced almonds before baking. I have also used
the Marscapone
cream
Cheese and some
times use a few drops of Barnies ammareto Flavoring. You can
double this
recipe for 2 as I cut it in half as this makes a pretty large one.