Breakfast and Brunch Recipes

Yogurt-Cranberry Coffeecake

This moist, tender coffeecake is perfect for a crowd — it bakes in a sheet-cake pan and makes 24 servings (or somewhat fewer, if your crowd is packed with coffeecake lovers. Make it entirely with all-purpose flour, if you choose; but we're just as happy with a cake that's made with our 100% organic white whole wheat flour. You'll get the fiber and nutrition of whole grains, a deeper, richer color, and we swear you'll never taste the difference.

Yogurt-Cranberry Coffeecake

Yield: 2 dozen 2 inch squares

Ingredients

Streusel

  • 5 tablespoons (2 1/2 ounces) butter
  • 1/2 cup (3 3/4 ounces) brown sugar, firmly packed
  • Big pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (4 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur 100% Organic White Whole Wheat Flour

Filling

  • 1 cup (9 1/2 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce

Batter

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) butter
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) plain or flavored yogurt
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups (8 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur 100% Organic White Whole Wheat Flour

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9 x 13-inch pan.

Streusel

  1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract.
  2. Add the flour, beating until even crumbs form. Scoop the mixture into a smaller bowl, and set it aside.

Batter

  1. In the same bowl in which you've just made the streusel (you can use a different bowl if you want, but this saves on washing dishes), cream together the butter and brown sugar, beating until smooth.
  2. Beat in the eggs, scraping the bowl and again beating until smooth.
  3. Beat in the yogurt, extracts, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. The mixture will be fairly stiff.
  4. Scoop the batter into the prepared pan.

Filling

  1. Dollop the cranberry sauce on top, breaking it up with a fork first, if necessary.
  2. Sprinkle the streusel over all.
  3. Bake coffeecake for 40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
  4. Remove coffeecake from oven, and let cool for 30 minutes before serving (or serve it hot from the oven, if you don't mind it crumbling a bit!)

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: King Arthur Flour



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