Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Emily's Healthy Coffee Cake


My dear sister-in-law, Emily, is a fantastic baker. She is quite knowlegable when it comes to homey-goods and delectable treats. She loves sweets, but enjoys eating with a nutritional mindset i.e. healthy coffee cake with struesel topping. Therefore, she turned a wonderfully fattening dessert into something, still fantastic, but with much less of a guilt trip. It is so tasty one would never know the difference! Who doesn't love fresh baked goods?
Enjoy!



Randall Scale
Grocery............... $20 (or free, most have these ingredients)
Skill Rating......... Easy-Medium, must know baking terms
Serving Size....... 10-12 healthy (pun) servings
Prepare Time.... 45 minutes


Ingredients


  • 3 T. brown sugar
  • Flour (sub. whole wheat)
  • 1 T. Cinnamon
  • 1 T. Margarine
  • 1/4 Cup finely chopped walnuts (optional)
  • 1 egg white slightly beaten
  • 3/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2-1 Cup skim milk (can sub. soy milk, amount varies depending on flour type)
  • 3 T. Canola Oil
Prepare:
1. Stir together brown sugar, 1 T. flour and cinnamon.
2. Cut in margarine until crumbly.
3. Stir in nuts and set aside.
4. In new bowl, stir together 1.5 Cup flour, sugar, baking powder & salt.
5. In another bowl, stir together the milk, egg, sugar, and oil.
6. Add to the flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
7. Pour batter into well-greased 9x9 glass pan.
8. Sprinkle struesel topping over batter.

Bake:
1. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.
2. Slice and serve warm.

1 comment:

Rachel was like.... said...

wow this looks delicous! i will definitly have to write all these recipes down!