Kraut Kuchen Recipes

Steps:

• To Make Sweet Dough: In a medium bowl combine the yeast, sugar and water and mix together; let stand 10 minutes. Stir in flour, dry milk, baking powder and shortening, then knead mixture for 10 minutes, adding as little flour as necessary. Cover bowl with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes, then knead again.
• To Make Filling: Meanwhile, brown beef, sausage and onion in a large skillet over medium high heat. Drain extra fat from skillet, then stir in cabbage, mustard, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Add cheese and cook, stirring, until cheese is melted.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Flatten a piece of dough. Place large spoonful of meat filling onto dough and fold over to form a round bun. Lay folded-side-down in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix 1 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, 2 tsp sugar, and salt and sift once.
• Cut 1/2 cup butter into dry mix with a pastry blender to pea size.
• In a small bowl, beat egg with 2 T milk and add to dry mix.
• Mix thoroughly and pat dough into a greased or oiled 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Pare and core apples.
• Cut into thin wedge slices and place on dough in rows until covered. We would cover the thin end of one apple with the thick end of the other.
• Dot apples with 2 T butter and mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 Tbs flour and cinnamon together.
• Spread dry topping over dotted apples, and bake in oven for 30-45 minutes, until golden brown.

Steps:

• Saute onion with ground chuck in one frying pan and the cabbage in another.
• Salt and pepper to your taste.
• Let simmer until done and then drain well.
• Prepare hot dough mix.
• Divide into 12 equal amounts and roll dough extremely thin.
• Place handful of meat-cabbage mixture in center and fold corners into center.
• Set folded side down on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F until brown, 20 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Line a deep dish pie plate with enough pastry to make a crust on the bottom and sides and set aside.
• Cook diced Speck or bacon in a skillet; drain fat, reserving 1 tsp in which to saute the onions.
• Sprinkle diced bacon, caraway seeds, and sauteed onions in pie plate.
• Combine the remaining ingredients (sauerkraut, sour cream, eggs, and grated cheese) and pour into the pan as if you were filling a quiche.
• Bake at 325-350 F (or 175 C) for about 45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, not gloppy.
• Let cool slightly before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour three eight-inch cake pans.
• Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
• Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with water to the butter and egg mixture. Mix well.
• Fold in drained sauerkraut.
• Turn into cake pans. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 30 minutes or until cake springs back at the touch. Remove from pans immediately, cool on a rack then frost layers with fudge frosting (see recipe).

Steps:

• Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Place sauerkraut with juice into a large bowl and cover with water. Stir and use your hands to squeeze out as much of the water and juice as possible. Add squeezed sauerkraut to onion.
• Stir brown sugar, caraway seeds, chicken stock, and cooking sherry into the sauerkraut mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer until almost all the liquid has evaporated, 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in lukewarm water.
• In a separate bowl, combine milk with sugar, butter and salt; let cool to lukewarm and add 2 cups of flour to make a batter.
• Add yeast mixture and eggs; beat well.
• Add remaining flour or enough to make a soft dough.
• Knead well, cover and let rise till doubled in bulk, about 2 hours (depending upon the temperature in the kitchen).
• Punch down and let rise again until doubled in volume.
• This will make 3 portions for 9" x 12" pans or 6 portions for 9" round pans.
• Divide into desired portions, roll out evenly and spread into greased pans.
• Mix topping ingredients together and spread 1/3 on each cake; place fruit on top.
• Mix rivels ingredients together.
• Sprinkle 1/3 of the crumbs on each cake.
• Let it rise again in the pan.
• While rising, preheat oven to 375°F
• Bake until golden brown; serve either warm or cool.