Yeast Coffee Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cakes yeast
1 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
5 c. flour
2 eggs

Preparation

Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
Scald milk.
Add sugar, salt and butter.
Cool to lukewarm.
Stir in 3 cups of flour until a thick batter.
Add softened yeast and eggs.
Add 2 cups of flour to make dough soft, but not sticky.
Knead for 5 minutes.