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Apple Honey Kuchen

Yield: 2 kuchen (16 servings each)

Notes: Use your favorite baking apple, tart or sweet, for this special brunch bread.

- 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

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.

1/16 slice of kuchen equals: Calories: 81, Fat: 1.8 g, Cholesterol: 6.8 mg, Sodium: 73 mg, Protein: 1.4 g, Carbohydrate: 15.5 g +++EXC: 1 Bread, 1/2 Fat