Cherry Kuchen (Pronounced Ku-Kah By My Family)

• Dough Ingredients
• 2 beaten eggs
• 3/4 cup water (105-115 degrees)
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cardamom powder
• Topping Ingredients
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can pitted tart cherries (or other any other fruit)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar (or splenda sweetener)

1. Add water to beaten eggs and dissolve dry yeast in this mixture. Let all these ingredients rest refrigerated for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, blend with a pastry blender or by hand flour, salt, sugar, butter and cardamom.
3. In a large mixing bowl, make a ring of blended flour. Pour chilled yeast mixture into the center and work it into dry ingredients. Knead until smooth, about 2 minutes. Form dough into ball and let rest, covered for about 20 minutes.
4. Roll out dough into 2 9x9 baking dishes. Push edges of dough up against dish to prevent fruit topping from spilling.
5. For topping, spread cherries over top of dough. With a pasty blender or fork, cut butter into flour and sugar until small crumbs of mixture are formed. Sprinkle crumb mixture over top of cherries.
6. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes until topping begins to golden.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cherry-kuchen-pronounced-ku-kah-by-my-family-166488 (may not work)