Hungarian Coffee Cake

Step 1: Dough: Dissolve yeast in Warm water.

Step 2: Add milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour. Mix till smooth.

Step 3: Add enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.

Step 4: Turn dough out onto a lightly floured, cloth covered surface and knead until smooth and elastic.

Step 5: Place dough in an oiled bowl, turning dough to coat in oil.

Step 6: Let rise, covered with a damp cloth, until doubled. approximately 1 hr.

Step 7: Punch down dough.

Step 8: Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and dip into butter.

Step 9: Combine sugar and cinnamon.

Step 10: Roll dough balls into cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Step 11: Place dough balls in a greased tube pan.

Step 12: Let rise until doubled.

Step 13: Bake at 375 35-40 minutes.

Step 14: If browning too quickly, cover with aluminum foil.

Step 15: Invert pan onto plate so syrup can drizzle over cake.

Step 16: To serve break apart with 2 forks.