Never Fail Coffee Cake

Name: Never Fail Coffee Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 coffee cakes
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 3/4 cup milk; 1 package dry yeast; 1/4 cup warm water (110 on candy thermometer); 1 cup margarine; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 (12 ounce) cans solo pie filling, of your choice or 2 (12 ounce) cans preserves (if you don't have "SOLO" fillings inyour area.)

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Recipe by Ellie in Illinois

This was one of my favorite recipes that my mother-in-law made when we would go visit her. My mother-in-law was a wonderful cook. It reminds me of the "famous Racine Kringle Coffee Cakes" from Racine. Wi.

READY IN: 50mins

YIELD: 2 coffee cakes

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

4

cups flour
³⁄₄

cup milk
1

package dry yeast
¹⁄₄

cup warm water (110 on candy thermometer)
1

cup margarine
1

tablespoon sugar
1

teaspoon salt
2

(12 ounce) cans solo pie filling, of your choice or (12 ounce) cans preserves (if you don't have "SOLO" fillings inyour area.)

DIRECTIONS

Mix flour, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Add margarine and beat just until crumbly, like for pie crust.
Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Pour yeast and milk into flour mixture and mix, it will come together quite radidly.
You can wrap in wax paper and put it in the refrigerator overnight or you can cut it in half and roll it out thin and fill with the"SOLO" filling, Fold front third to the center and then the back third over.
Fold the ends over and pinch to seal.
Place on cookie sheet and let rise for 30 min.
It doesn't rise a lot.
Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 min.
Make a frosting with butter, powdered sugar, and milk.
Can be frozen and frosted later if you wish.

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