Streusel Filled Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter/Margarine | 4 Teaspoon, softened (FILLING) | |
| 1/3 cup light-brown sugar, firmly packed | ||
| Egg yolk | 1 (FILLING) | |
| Milk | 4 Teaspoon (FILLING) | |
| Vanilla extract | 2 Drop (FILLING) | |
| Lemon peel | 1/2 Teaspoon, grated (FILLING) | |
| Pecans | 1 Cup (16 tbs) (FILLING) | |
| 1 Basic Coffeecake Dough, ready for shaping | ||
| Butter/Margarine | 2 Tablespoon, melted (FILLING) | |
| Granulated Sugar | 1 Tablespoon (TOPPING) | |
| Dash ground cinnamon | ||
| Pecans | 2 Tablespoon, chopped (TOPPING) | |
| Confectioners' sugar | ||
Directions
1. Make Filling: In small bowl, with wooden spoon, mix 4 teaspoons butter, the brown sugar and egg yolk. Stir in milk, vanilla and lemon peel; blend in ground pecans.
2. Make loaf: Lightly grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan.
3. Roll dough into a 12-by-9-inch rectangle. Brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Spread with pecan filling.
4. Cut crosswise into 3 strips, 4 inches wide. Roll each, from long side.
5. Place rolls, seam side down, side by side in prepared loaf pan. Brush with remaining melted butter. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85°F), free from drafts, until double in bulk—about 1 hour.
6. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F.
7. For Topping, sprinkle loaf with mixed granulated sugar and cinnamon. Cover the loaf with chopped pecans.
8. Bake loaf 35 minutes, or until it is golden-brown and sounds hollow when rapped with knuckle. Remove from pan at once; let cool slightly on wire rack. Then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm.
2. Make loaf: Lightly grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan.
3. Roll dough into a 12-by-9-inch rectangle. Brush with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Spread with pecan filling.
4. Cut crosswise into 3 strips, 4 inches wide. Roll each, from long side.
5. Place rolls, seam side down, side by side in prepared loaf pan. Brush with remaining melted butter. Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85°F), free from drafts, until double in bulk—about 1 hour.
6. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F.
7. For Topping, sprinkle loaf with mixed granulated sugar and cinnamon. Cover the loaf with chopped pecans.
8. Bake loaf 35 minutes, or until it is golden-brown and sounds hollow when rapped with knuckle. Remove from pan at once; let cool slightly on wire rack. Then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm.
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