Diabetic, APPLE HONEY KUCHEN
Yield: 2 kuchen (16 servings each) Source: "1,001 Delicious Recipes for People with Diabetes" Info: http://diabeticgourmet.com/book_archive/details/22.shtml Notes: Use your favorite baking apple, tart or sweet, for this special brunch bread. INGREDIENTS - 1 package active dry yeast - 3/4 cup warm fat-free milk (110-115 degrees) - 6 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided - 4 tablespoons margarine, divided - 1 egg - 2-3 cups all-purpose flour - 3/4 teaspoon salt - 1 pound tart, or sweet, baking apples, peeled, sliced - 1/2 cup raisins - 1/4 cup light brown sugar - 2 tablespoons grated orange rind - 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon - 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg - 2-4 tablespoons honey - Fat-free milk DIRECTIONS Mix yeast, 3/4 cup milk, and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar in large bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons margarine, egg, 2 cups flour, and salt, mixing until smooth. Mix in enough remaining 1 cup flour to make smooth dough. Knead dough on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl; let rise, covered in warm place until double in size, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Punch down dough. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons margarine in large skillet until melted; add apples and cook over medium heat until apples are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in raisins; remove from heat. Mix brown sugar, orange rind, cinnamon, and nutmeg; sprinkle over apple mixture and toss. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough on floured surface into 12-inch round. Arrange apple mixture on half of each round; drizzle each with 1 to 2 tablespoons honey. Brush edges of dough with milk; fold dough over filling and press edges with tines of fork to seal. Transfer kuchen to greased cookie sheets; sprinkle with remaining 4 tablespoons granulated sugar. Let rise, loosely covered, until impression of finger remains in dough when touched, about 1 hour. Reseal edges of kuchen, if necessary. Bake kuchen at 375 degrees F. until golden, about 20 minutes. Slide onto wire racks to cool; serve warm. Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/16 slice of kuchen): Calories: 81, Fat: 1.8 g, Cholesterol: 6.8 mg, Sodium: 73 mg, Protein: 1.4 g, Carbohydrate: 15.5 g Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Bread, 1/2 Fat ~To the world you might be one person, but to one person, you could be the world.~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
