Apple Coffee Cake
Print recipe| Serves | 8 |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 40 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour |
| Meal type | Breakfast |
| From book | How to Cook Everything |
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour (plus 3 TBL)
- 1 stick butter (separated into 3 and 5 TBL and cut up into small pieces)
- 1 cup pecans (toasted and chopped)
- 1 Medium apple (peeled and diced)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 3/4 cups milk
Directions
| Step 1 | |
  Preheat oven to 375F Generously grease a 9" square or round pan Toast pecans until fragrant, about six minutes, and cool | |
| Step 2 | |
| Combine 3 TBL of flour, brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and the nutmeg and 3 TBL of butter with the nuts, to make the crumb topping, using a pastry cutter or fork | |
| Step 3 | |
 Combine remaining flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining sugar, cinnamon, and butter in the bowl of a mixer, or food processor Mix until mixture is grainy and flour is coated with butter | |
| Step 4 | |
| Add egg, then add milk, and mix until combined | |
| Step 5 | |
 Put half the apples in the bottom of the pan, top with half the batter Add the remaining apples, and half the streusel mixture Add the rest of the batter, and smooth it out Top with remaining streusel Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean Cool for 15 minutes | |