Traditional Moravian Sugar Cake with Idaho® Potatoes | Idaho Potato Commission

Name: Traditional Moravian Sugar Cake with Idaho® Potatoes | Idaho Potato Commission
Ingredients: 8 oz (1 packed cup) mashed potato (Idaho® russet potato cooked in lightly salted water); ½ cup water from cooking the potatoes; 1 cup whole milk, warm but not hot; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (I use Morton’s); ⅓ cup granulated sugar; 4 oz melted butter; 2 large eggs; 32 oz (2 pounds) all purpose flour (I use Gold Medal); 2 teaspoons dry yeast; 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted; 2 packed cups light brown sugar, divided; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

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Moravian Sugar Cake is a treat you may not have heard of outside of parts of North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where the Moravians settled. I was fortunate to grow up in Charlotte, NC, only a couple...

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Ingredients

8 oz (1 packed cup) mashed potato (Idaho® russet potato cooked in lightly salted water)
½ cup water from cooking the potatoes
1 cup whole milk, warm but not hot
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (I use Morton’s)
⅓ cup granulated sugar
4 oz melted butter
2 large eggs
32 oz (2 pounds) all purpose flour (I use Gold Medal)
2 teaspoons dry yeast
2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
2 packed cups light brown sugar, divided
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon