Andersonville Coffeecake
- 12 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups milk
- 1 (2-ounce) yeast cake
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 6 cups flour
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped or ground almonds
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup pearl sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- Melt butter in saucepan.
- Add milk and remove from heat.
- Crumble yeast into a large mixing bowl.
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar and cardamom.
- Add sugar cardamom mixture to the yeast and add milk mixture.
- Stir in the flour a little at a time and work dough until smooth and shiny.
- Cover and let rise for 10 minutes.
- To make the filling, combine butter, sugar, cinnamon and nuts.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Turn dough out onto a board and knead well.
- Divide into 4 parts.
- Roll each piece into a 14 by 8-inch rectangle.
- Spread with filling.
- Roll up from the long side and place on a baking sheet.
- Clip each at 1-inch intervals with a scissors held perpendicular to the top.
- Pull each cut out to the sides, alternately, to make a pattern exposing the filling.
- Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar and chopped almonds.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Do not overbrown
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/andersonville-coffeecake-recipe.html (may not work)