1 c. warm water
2 pkg. yeast
2/3 c. shortening
3/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
Juice from 1/2 lemon
2 eggs
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ginger
1 c. milk, scalded and cooled
About 8 c. flour to make a med. stiff dough

Let rise. Roll out pieces of dough in circles. Place in pans. Let rise. Then put on the cooked fruit on filling. Top with sugar topping and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake. Can be used for cinnamon rolls. Makes 12 Kuchen.

FILLING:

4 c. half & half
4 c. sugar
4 eggs

Mix together, boil until thickened. The sugar topping is made by mixing sugar, flour and butter until crumbly. For sugar Kuchen, just use filling and the sugar topping mixture.