Shelly's Recipe

APPLE STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Category: Coffee Cake

Cake
Unsalted butter, for the baking dish
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 large egg
1/2 cup whole milk
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
2 Granny Smith or Honey Crisp apples (1 1/2 cups), unpeeled, cored and chopped

Streusel Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut up
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Heat the oven to 400 . Butter an 8-inch square baking dish.

To make the cake, combine the flour with the baking powder, sugar, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the egg and then mix in the milk and melted butter. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, add the apples and mix well. Pour this into the buttered baking dish.

To make the streusel, mix the sugar, flour, cold butter and cinnamon in a bowl by pinching them together with your fingers until well combined. Sprinkle over the top of the batter.

Bake the cake for 30 to 35 minutes, until it is golden and dry on top. Cool in the pan and then cut into squares. This cake keeps for up to 4 days, covered, at room temperature.