“Night Before Christmas” Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

• ½ C. Sugar
• ¼ C. Butter
• 2 Eggs, beaten
• ½ C. warm Milk
• 1 package Yeast (2 teaspoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 Tablespoons warm water
• 3 C. Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla

Topping Ingredients:

• 2/3 C. Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 4 Tablespoons Butter, melted
• ½ C. Walnuts, chopped fine

Directions:

• Cream together the sugar and butter.
• Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla.
• Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set it aside and let it rise, until it is double in size (it may take two or more hours).
• Mix the topping ingredients (sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and walnuts) together for later.
• When the dough has doubled in size, put it in a 9 x 13” greased cake pan.
• Spread the topping on the dough.
• Place the pan in a cold oven and leave it there overnight to rise.
• The next morning, turn the oven to 350 degrees and bake for ½ hour.
• Take out and serve warm.