i t
LAST Cover and let rise until doubled ~

about 1% hours. Bake at 350°F
for 35 minutes.

‘WEEK we found out (remember that heavy

rainstorm?) that our: roof had more holes than Swiss
cheese. As a result, what sound ‘ike four elephants in tap

shoes are re-roofing. Right over my head. All day.

Barbara
NicCreadie

Gingér.—- smart cat — is on the.

furthest corner of the back fence,
“glowering. Emily is hiding under
an armchair. She thinks no one
can sce her, and, except for 1
inches .of skinny tail hanging oli:
she’s mostly right.

Cricket ‘is ‘totally deaf so she
goes about her elderly cat business
as usual. Misty doesn’t give a
damn —.as long as it’s out there

and no kids are involved — she’ s.

philosophical.
Me? I'm slowly losing my mind.

Two days ugo, Canada Post de--

posited a big box on my doorstep.
oT m not: sure who: ordered this
recipe card ‘collection but it was
addressed to me,: Since I’m not
Doug I opened it without fear.
Naturally, it was the starter set
— a few packages of cards, a box
and a calculator. There was a bill

for handling — about $2. Greai .
American . Recipes ‘will probably |

get paid — and I'll be hooked un-
til 1999 if the size of the tox is
any. indication.

Yesterday, to take my mind off .

the din from the roof, I tried.one
of the recipes. It’s sensational. — a

yeast coffee cake with the texture..:3

ofa fine batter cake. .

it’s very quick to make except
that it requires a_ rising . period
of.’ about’ 1% hours. I’ve
re-written. the method to. speed
things up,

. CRUMBCAKE

1 package: (1 Thsp.), active dry
yeast.
Yc, warm water
Vee. milk
Yee. butter or margarine

1 egg. and 1 egg white (the yolk
“a buttered or sprayed nine-inch

}

goes in the topping)
MN: sp. salt

Lynn

BUDGET BEATERS

A c. sugar
1% ¢. all-purpose flovr

-" CRUMB TOPPING
5 Tbsp. butter or margarine
Yc. sugar
leggyoik =
le. all-purpose flour

2 tsp.. cinnamon

: it a large mixing bowl, combine
cand warm water. Let stand
until. ‘frothy. Warm the milk. and
chop up the margarine into the
pot. Turn off the heat and stir
until the butter is imeled and the
mixture is lukewarm. :
Whisk the egg and egg white

- into the milk. Add tothe yeast

along wich the salt, sugar and
cup of the flour. Blend and then
beat with electric mixer for two
minutes.

Add the remaining flour and
beat two minutes more. Turn into

square cake tin. Top with crumbs-

CHTRE

For crumb topping: Whip the
butter and sugar together. Add
egg yolk and then flour and cin-
namon. Mix on low speed until
combined and crumbly.

Note: | think this is about twice
too many crumbs. Next time |
make it I'm going to freeze half to
sprinkle on the top of my next
batch of apple-cinnamon muffins.

One of the true tests of a good
recipe is the number of ways you
can adapt it. This basic coffee
cake recipe just begs for adapta-
tions. Here’s my favorite Broiled
Icing recipe which would be dandy
on top.

BROILED ICING

I often prepared a small cake
mix and topped it with this as a
quick dessert when the kids were
small. Not that I made dessert a
regular part of dinner! It was in-
cluded when dinner was of the
home-made soup and bread sort.

Ya c. soft margarine

%3 c. packed brown sugar

Y ec. coffee cream or evaporated
mitk

le. shredded coconut

Y2 ¢. finely chopped nuts

Spread over warm cake and
broil (watch it!) until bubbly.

I'd spread this right on the un-
cooked coffee cake batter. If it
browned toc quickly, a loose sheet
of tinfoil would solve the prob-
lem. .

Another twist I’m going to try
with the coffee cake recipe is to
pour it over a layer of sliced,
sweetened apples. Or blueberries.
The possibilities are endless.

When the kids were small, they
had a lot of fun making up their

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