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Braided Orange-Currant Coffeecake (recipes)


Braided Orange-Currant Coffeecake

Yield: Makes 6 servings



Ingredients:



3cups all-purpose flour, divided

3/4teaspoon salt

1package quick-rise active dry yeast

1cup unsweetened orange juice

1tablespoon butter, melted

1teaspoon grated orange peel

1/2cup currants or chopped raisins

1egg

1teaspoon cold water

Whipped butter (optional)

No-sugar-added orange marmalade fruit spread (optional)









Preparation:





1.Combine 2 cups flour, salt and yeast in large bowl of electric mixer. Heat orange juice to 130°F. Add to flour mixture along with butter and orange peel. Beat on medium speed with electric mixer fitted with dough hook.* Add only enough of the remaining 1 cup flour to make a soft dough; continue to beat dough until smooth and elastic, about 3 minutes. Transfer to lightly floured surface; knead in currants. Roll out dough to 13X6-inch rectangle. Starting at one short end, cut dough lengthwise into three equal strips, leaving dough attached 1 inch from opposite short end. Braid strips together; press braided ends together to seal. Place on greased cookie sheet; cover with greased waxed paper. Let rise in warm place until doubled in volume, about 20 minutes.*Dough may be kneaded by hand on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.2.Preheat oven to 450°F. Bake coffeecake 13 minutes. Beat egg with water; brush over coffeecake. Return coffeecake to oven; continue Baking 3 to 5 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature with butter and marmalade, if desired.







Note:

Leftover cheesecake can be sliced, toasted and served with whipped cream cheese or made into French toast and served with no-sugar-added pourable fruit.





Nutritional Information:







Serving Size:







Fiber

3 g







Carbohydrate

61 g







Cholesterol

41 mg







Saturated Fat

2 g







Total Fat

4 g







Calories from Fat

10 %







Calories

314







Protein

9 g







Sodium

325 mg









Dietary Exchange:







Fat

1/2







Starch

4











asterolepis (medicine)


asterolepis
<paleontology> A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Star + scale.

Source: Websters Dictionary