Hungarian Coffee Cake | AranyGaluska | Better than Babka! The Original Monkey Bread

The Original Monkey Bread, "Golden Dumplings" were served at the US Whitehouse every Christmas by President Reagan. Hungarian Coffee Cake, called Aranygalushka or Aranygaluska, was brought from Hungary to America in the 1940's, and first published in McCalls 1972 magazine where Nancy Reagan discovered them and became addicted. Many versions of modern monkey bread are based on this technique, but nothing beats the original. It's a little more work (not much), but SO worth it. In Hungary it was usually served with warm vanilla pudding poured over it (which is outrageously good) but in America it was just served with coffee or tea. The only problem with this recipe is it disappears 10 times faster than the time it takes to make it! The taste really tells this tale and nobody you feed this to will ever forget it! Ingredients: Dough: 248g (1C) Lukewarm Scalded Whole Milk 105g (.25C) Granulated Sugar 6g (1 tsp) salt 105g (.25C) Vegetable Shortening 18g (2.25tsp) Rapid Rise Yeast 100g (2) Eggs 450g (about 3 1/2 C) Unbleached Bread Flour Mix & Autolyse 10 min Knead 15 min. & Bulk Rise till double ~1/2 hr Punch & rest :15 Make 40g balls Roll balls in butter & dry streusel Rise 20~40 min to top of pan Streusel: 113g (8T) Melted Butter 150g (3/4C) White Sugar 57g (1/2C) Finely Chopped Toasted Walnuts 3g (1tsp) Ground Cinnamon 80g (1/2C) Soaked Raisins Bake 35-40 @ 375℉. Invert & Depan immediately while hot.