Monday, April 30, 2012

Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake

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I have a confession.
It involves pecans.
I'm a thief.  A pecan thief.
A pecan pilferer, bandit, burglar, hijacker...whatever.

Dear Mom and Dad-
I've been stealing your pecans.  I've been using them to make cake...mostly, though sometimes I just straight up eat them.
I.
Apologize.

This is where I'm going to insert a distracting picture.
Looooook at the caaaaaaaake.

Pecan Streusal Coffee Cake


Yeah, so my parents have two lovely pecan trees on their property.  My sweet dad cracks pecans to "relax" (huh?  I know...), thousands of beautiful pecans.  Hundreds and thousands.  Beautiful.

So!  Dear dad cracks the pecans, they dry them out a bit, and bag 'em up.  They bag them up and ask me to keep them in my extra freezer.  Me?  My freezer.  That's how I became a thief.  The pecans...are gone. 
The end.  

Find yourself some pecans and make this coffee cake.  It's worth it, no matter how you acquire the pecans.


Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake

by Brandy's Baking

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 38-42 minutes

Ingredients (9-12 servings)

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
  • 1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9" square pan with parchment paper or grease with baking spray.

In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, coffee granules, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Pulse until blended. Add in butter and pulse until mixture is crumbly. Pour 1/2 of mixture into a mixing bowl. Press the remaining 1/2 of mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan; set aside.

Combine sour cream and baking soda, stirring well. Add to crumb mixture in mixing bowl, along with egg. Stir gently to combine. Pour mixture over crumb crust in pan. Sprinkle pecans over the top.

Bake at 350F for 38-42 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

Source: Slightly adapted from Southern Living-Home Cooking Favorites
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