Cinnamon Pull-Apart Coffee Cake

Instructions

1. Grease a standard loaf pan (mine is 8 1/2 x 4 inches).

2. Mix 2 cups of the flour with sugar, yeast and salt in mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment.

3. Heat milk and butter just in microwave or on stove top, just till butter is melted. Add water, then allow to cool till just warm (120º). Stir in vanilla.

4. Pour the milk mixture into the flour and mix till flour is just moistened. Add eggs, one at a time, beating till incorporated. Stop mixer and add 1/2 cup of the remaining flour and mix on low till dough is smooth, less than a minute. Add 2 more tablespoons of flour and mix again till dough is smooth, less than a minute.

5. Lightly flour work surface and knead dough for about a minute. Add up to another 2 tablespoons of flour if dough is too sticky. Place dough in lightly greased bowl, cover, and place in a warm place till doubled in bulk, about an hour.

6. Mix melted butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg for filling. Set aside. (Or, alternatively just brush the dough with the melted butter after rolling it out as directed below, then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture...patting down gently to help it adhere).