Course: after church coffee hour, Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: German
Keyword: coffee cake
Author: Matilda Joerg
Ingredients
Coffee Cake dough
½cupsugar
½cupbutter
4egg yolks
½cupmilk
1cupflour
1tspbaking powder
Topping
4egg whites
1cupsugar
Instructions
Mix coffee cake dough ingredients together and put the dough in the pan.
Beat the egg whites stiff and add 1 cup of sugar.
put egg whites & sugar mixture over top.
Bake.
Serve with whipped cream.
Notes
This recipe is an example of one of the main differences between current and truly vintage recipes- no oven temperature or indication of how long to bake for. I would suggest starting at 350º for 20 minutes and adding time from there.
A bourbon ball is a Southern delicacy, invented by Ruth Hanly Booe of Rebecca Ruth Candy in 1938.
Bourbon balls are bite-sized confections incorporating bourbon and dark chocolate as an ingredient.
The most common variation for home cooks is regional to the southern United States and incorporates crushed cookies, corn syrup, chopped pecans, and bourbon into a mixture that is formed into balls and coated in powdered sugar to prevent the evaporation of the alcohol. Once molded they are aged for up to a week, in a sealed container in a cool dark place, before serving. They will stay edible for up to a month before becoming too frail to pick up in one piece as the evaporation process desiccates the packed structure of the cookie.
Another variation has a similar filling, but with a chocolate exterior. The filling can also be similar to a truffle or a cherry cordial, with bourbon added.
Using other types of alcohol one can make rum balls, flavored vodka balls, or liqueur balls.
When digging through old recipe books and cards sometimes you find something interesting (or more of a WTF?). This is one of those things. I am actually tempted though to try it but this is something I would not use good sauerkraut in. The canned stuff should be fine- no using the stuff from my friends at Barrel and Brine- (seriously please click through and throw them a few dollars of support to help them feed their neighborhood during Covid-19)
Yes, Saturday Night Quickie is the name of the recipe. Yes, I’m giggling because I’m 12. Did I mention that this recipe is from a church cookbook (Amherst Community Church)?
I have questions, so many questions- Is the cheese supposed to be cut up in some way or is it just a block of cheese? Does the type of cheese matter? Can I get away with using Wegmans brand?
