Cherry Cheese Kuchen Recipes

CHERRY KUCHEN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 15x10 baking pan with a bit of butter. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the shortening and butter for 1 minute on medium speed.
• Add the sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat together until thoroughly combined and mixture is smooth.
• Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Add the flour one cup at a time, mixing with the electric beater until the dough gets thick. Then, switch to a wooden spoon and stir in any remaining flour.
• Reserve 1½ cups of the dough, and press the remaining dough into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 12 minutes, then remove from oven.
• Spread the cherry pie filling over the crust, then spoon small amounts of the reserved dough over the top.
• Bake for 25 to 28 minutes longer, or until lightly golden brown.
• Remove from oven and set on a wire rack to cool completely.
• While the bars cool, prepare the icing by combining the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk in a small bowl, adding the milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired thickness is achieved.
• Once bars have completely cooled, drizzle with icing, cut, and serve.

GERMAN KUCHEN

Steps:

• 1. Dough- Scald milk and add butter, sugar, and salt. Dissolve yeast in warm water in seperate bowl and then add to milk mixture. Beat in eggs and then flour. Cover and let rise until doubled. About an hour. Punch down and divide into 5 pieces. Roll out into desired shape and let rise 30 minutes. Then choose your topping. I used a 9" round cake pan for mine.
• 2. Cinnamon Topping: Use a pastry blender to mix butter and brown sugar and flour. Add cinnamon and sprinkle over dough after it rises the second time. Dot with Butter if desired. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
• 3. Cherry Topping: Heat can of dark cherry pie filling and spread on crust after it rises second time. Bake for 20 minutes at 375.
• 4. Cheese Topping; Mix cottage cheese, egg and sugar in blender intil creamy. Heat slowly until warm on stove. Pour on dough after rises second time. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.
• 5. Butter Topping: Beat together sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Slowly beat in oil. Add oil too fast and it will curdle. Heat on top of stove until hot and pour on crust after second rising. Bake 25 minutes at 375.
• 6. Apple Topping: Peel and slice thinly 3 apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and nutmeg to taste. Roll this dough out in a rectangle. Fill the center with apples and dot with butter. Bake 20 minutes at 375.

THE BEST CHERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F and grease the sides of a 9″ springform pan.
• Mix the cracker crumbs and melted butter together in a small bowl. Press into the bottom of the springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until combined.
• Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well in between on low speed.
• Blend in the sour cream and vanilla until smooth. Gently pour the batter over the crust.
• Bake for 60-75 minutes or until the edges are set and 2-3″ of the center is still wobbly.
• Turn off oven and run a thin knife along the edge to loosen the cake from the sides. Let cool in the oven for an hour with the door ajar. Then cool to room temperature before refrigerating for a minimum of 4 hours or preferably overnight.

THE BEST UNBAKED CHERRY CHEESECAKE EVER

Steps:

• Mix together graham cracker crumbs, margarine, and sugar in a bowl until well incorporated and crumbly. Press into a pie plate, going up the sides as much as possible.
• Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth and spreadable. Whisk whipped cream into cream cheese mixture until smooth. Pour cream cheese into prepared crust. Smooth the top with a spatula, and refrigerate until firm, about 2 to 3 hours. Spread the cherry pie filling over the top, and refrigerate until serving.

CHERRY RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with cooking spray. Place ricotta in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy. Add sour cream, cream cheese, eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla, lemon zest and salt. Process until well blended. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until the center is just set, 50 to 55 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, then cover and chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
• Put the cherries, honey and lemon juice in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat. In a small bowl stir the gelatin in the warm water until dissolved then stir the dissolved gelatin into the cherry mixture. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 3 hours, stirring once or twice, until the mixture is thickened but not yet formed to the pan.
• After the 3 hours chilling, top the cheesecake with the cherry mixture and then serve, or keep in the refrigerator, covered, for up to three days.
• Excellent source of: Calcium, Protein, Selenium
• Good source of: Phosphorus, Riboflavin, Vitamin A

CHERRY CHEESE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Combine dry yeast and 1 cup flour in large mixing bowl. Heat together milk, sugar, butter and salt until warm, stirring to melt butter. Add to flour mixture along with egg.
• Beat at high speed for 1/2 minute, scraping sides of bowl. By hand, stir in remaining flour to make soft dough. Turn into a greased bowl, turn once, cover and refrigerate until well chilled, about 2 to 3 hours.
• Grease 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Pat dough evenly in prepared pan, forming ridge around edges.
• Spread with Cherry filling. Let rise in warm place until almost double, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Bake for 15 minutes.
• Combine ingredients for cheese topping and beat until smooth. Spread over Cherry filling.
• Combine crumb topping ingredients and sprinkle atop cheese filling.
• Bake 10 minutes longer or until filling is set. Cut into squares.

RADIO DAYS CHERRY CUSTARD KUCHEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish. Whisk together 1 1/2 cup of sifted flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• With a pastry cutter, chop the unsalted butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs; mix in 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of milk, creating a dough; if dough seems dry and crumbly, mix in additional milk, a teaspoon at a time. Pat the dough into the prepared baking dish, and sprinkle the cherries evenly over the dough.
• In a bowl, sift 3/4 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of flour; whisk in the 3 eggs and 3/4 cup of milk until smooth. Mix in cinnamon and nutmeg if desired; pour the mixture over the cherries. In a small bowl, using a pastry cutter, chop 2 tablespoons of butter with 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup flour until crumbly; sprinkle the streusel over the custard mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the custard is set and the streusel is lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold; refrigerate leftovers.

CHERRY KUCHEN

Steps:

• Mix the first six ingredients together to make a batter.
• Pour most of the batter into the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Pour can of pie filling on top.
• Glop the rest of the batter on top of the filling.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Enjoy!

CHERRY CHEESECAKE KUCHEN

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch springform pan; set aside. In a large bowl combine 1-1/4 cups of the flour and the yeast; set aside.
• In a small saucepan, heat and stir milk, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and salt just until warm (120 degrees F to 130 degrees F) and butter almost melts. Add milk mixture and the 2 eggs to flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Beat in as much of the remaining 1 cup flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.
• Transfer dough to prepared pan; spread evenly (dough will be sticky). Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size (about 1 hour).
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in 1 egg and lemon peel; set aside. In another bowl, stir together the pie filling and almond extract. Spoon cherry mixture over dough in pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture over cherry mixture, spreading evenly.
• Bake about 45 minutes or until center appears set when gently shaken. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Using a small sharp knife, loosen crust from sides of pan; cool for 1 hour. Cover and chill at least 4 hours before serving. Remove sides of pan just before serving. If desired, spoon additional cherry pie filling on top and garnish with chopped white chocolate.