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Pamela Rice Hahn
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Cream
Cheese Coffee Cake |
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Delicious, but rich. I like
a crispy crust, so I often divide this
recipe into
2 pie pans -- one for me and one baked in a
tart pan to use as the crust for a dessert pizza. |
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The version shown above is a "snickerdoodle"
cinnamon and sugar version, which in this case is a bit more
dense because it was mixed by hand. Using
freshly ground whole wheat
flour did make it somewhat healthier, and didn't alter the
taste because fresh whole wheat flour has a sweet, mild flavor. |
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Ingredients:
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1/4 cup (4 tbsp.) of butter
1 8-oz. package of cream cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cooking spray
2 tablespoons sugar |
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Instructions:
Whip butter and cream cheese until creamy; gradually add the
sugar, beating well. Add egg and beat into the mixture. Combine
flour, baking powder, and salt; fold into the butter mixture.
Stir in vanilla.
Spray 8" square glass pan (or 2 pie pans) with vegetable
cooking spray. Sprinkle sugar over the top of the coffee cake
batter in pan.
Bake at 350º until toothpick in center comes out clean (for
about 20-25 minutes).
OPTIONAL "snickerdoodle" cream cheese coffee cake:
Sprinkle cinnamon to taste over the top of the sugar.
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Tips: Following the
instructions will get you the light, fluffy batter pictured above,
which bakes up into a taller coffee cake -- not the denser one
pictured earlier on this page.
If you're in a hurry, but don't want to mix the coffee cake by
hand, put all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until
mixed. (Do not over process; you do not want to develop the gluten
in the flour.)
OTHER VARIATIONS:
1. Stir 1 cup of blueberries into the batter.
2. Pecan Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
3. Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
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Article,
recipe, and photos:
Copyright © 2006
Pamela
Rice Hahn
All Rights Reserved
For reprint permission or for other writing assignments, contact
the author. |
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(No artificial sweeteners used in the
recipes -- anywhere, anytime)
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