Application Guide

GRAPE SCHIACCIATA COFFEE CAKE Makes one 14-inch coffee cake
This most famous Italian sweet flatbread is made at vendemmia, the autumn wine
grape harvest, using fresh-picked wine grapes and liberally sprinkled sugar and
crushed aniseed. Many wine country households cultivate a few backyard vines next to
their fig trees, just for baking purposes. Schiacciata con l’Uva can be eaten for break-
fast or tea as a coffee cake instead of toast, bagels, or a croissant. This is my Califor-
nia version.
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1
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2
- OR 2-POUND-LOAF MACHINES
For the dough:
1
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3
cup milk
1
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3
cup water
1 large egg
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
5 tablespoons butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons raw sugar, preferably, or granulated sugar
1
1
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4
teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons SAF yeast
or 2
1
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2
teaspoons bread machine yeast
For the grape topping:
2
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3
cup raw sugar, preferably, or granulated sugar
1
1
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2
teaspoons aniseed, crushed
1
1
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2
pounds (about 3 cups) small red or black seedless
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