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RecipeBreadsYield: Serves 12Cook time: 25 min

Berry Coffee Cake

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 65. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 1 3-ounce package cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup margarine or butter
  • 2 cups packaged biscuit mix or Easy Biscuit Mix (see recipe, page 66)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup raspberry, strawberry, or peach preserves
  • Powdered Sugar Glaze

Instructions

  1. Cut cream cheese and margarine into biscuit mix till crumbly. Add milk; stir till mixed. On lightly floured surface, knead dough 10 to 12 strokes.
  2. On waxed paper, roll or pat dough into a 12x8-inch rectangle. Invert onto a greased baking sheet; remove paper. Spread preserves down center of dough. Make 2 1/2-inch cuts from long sides toward the center at 1-inch intervals. Fold strips alternately over filling.
  3. Bake in a 375° oven for 20 to 25 minutes or till golden. Drizzle with Powdered Sugar Glaze. Serve warm.
  4. Powdered Sugar Glaze: In a bowl stir together 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and enough milk to make of drizzling consistency (1 to 2 teaspoons).

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

Image credit: Image attribution: "Cranberry Coffee Cake" by Vegan Feast Catering; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25128194@N02/4162823429. Cropped/resized.

Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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