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Apfelmus Gitterkuchen

A delightful apple sauce lattice cake, perfect for dessert lovers.

Ingredients

  • 250 g Mehl
  • ½ Würfel Hefe
  • 50 g Zucker
  • 1 Prise(n) Salz
  • 125 ml Milch
  • 50 g Butter
  • etwas Zitronenschale, oder Zitronenaroma
  • 1 Glas Apfelmus
  • 1 Eigelb
  • n. B. Hagelzucker

Instructions

  1. Warm the milk and let the butter melt in it. Crumble in the yeast, add the sugar, stir, and let it rise covered until visibly increased in volume.
  2. Add the flour, salt, and lemon zest if using, and knead everything well, then let it rise again.
  3. Take about one third of the dough for the lattice and place the rest in a springform pan.
  4. Spread the apple sauce on top.
  5. Roll out the rest of the dough for the lattice, cut thin strips with a dough wheel, and lay them over the apple sauce in a lattice pattern.
  6. Brush carefully with egg yolk and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
  7. Bake in the oven at 160°C with fan for about 30 minutes, or until the dough is deliciously brown.

Notes

Serve warm or at room temperature for the best flavor.