Rich Coffee Cake Dough, Food Processor Version

Name: Rich Coffee Cake Dough, Food Processor Version
Yield: Serves 8 to 10 (Makes enough for 1 small cake)
Ingredients: 1 package, dry active yeast (2 1/8 scant teaspoons); 1/8 cup, water (warm, 110 to 115 degrees); 1/4 cup, granulated sugar; 2 , large eggs; 1 tablespoon, milk; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 2 1/8 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 1/8 teaspoons, table salt; 1/4 pound, unsalted butter (1stick), cut into 1-inch pieces and slightly softened

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1998

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

SERVES8 to 10 (Makes enough for 1 small cake)

TIME35 minutes, plus 3 to 4 hours rising and 4 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Because the coffee cake recipe we envisioned was to be light yet rich, with a brioche-type texture, we knew that it would need a relatively high proportion of eggs (we settled on four). We were after richness without heaviness, and this was...

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