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slices of apple streusel bread

Apple Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe

Apple cinnamon coffee cake is soft and moist with fresh apples and an irresistible crumb topping! It's the type of apple cake that you can enjoy for a special breakfast with a hot cup of coffee or serve as a treat throughout apple season with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Baking, Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 +½ cup apples, diced, Granny Smith's
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs, room temp
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temp
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup milk, or plant-based milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Streusel Topping

  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, very cold, cut into smaller cubes, almost frozen
  • ½ cup + 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoon ground cinnamon, the more you add the darker the streusel topping will bake.
  • ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Beat the eggs with an electric mixer on low speed, and add butter, sugars, and vanilla. Mix again until combined.
  • In a separate medium bowl combine the flour mixture and add to the buttery sugar mixture. Mix on low. Fold in the apples.
  • In a large bowl combine streusel topping ingredients until you get crumbs. The easiest is to use your hands for this!
  • Pour half the batter into a 9 x 5-inch square pan, or loaf tin (greased or lined with parchment paper). Add half of the streusel topping and carefully add another layer of batter. Cover the top of the cake with streusel topping.
  • Bake for 60 minutes (depending on the oven, may take extra 5-15 minutes) until the toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, dry, or with a few breadcrumbs. Let the buttery cake rest in the tin for 15 minutes before
  • transferring it onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cut in slices and serve right away.

Notes

  • Since every oven differs, I recommend checking on your apple crumble coffee cake after 50-55 minutes of baking. If the bread requires further baking but the top is getting too brown, cover the bread with aluminum foil for the rest of the time.
  • Your cubed butter must be cold when making the brown sugar streusel topping, preferably almost frozen (but not too frozen). The cold butter will create the perfect crumble texture instead of a batter-like or pastry consistency. 
  • I always prefer to eat this apple streusel bread within 2 days of baking for the best texture and taste, but it can be stored longer in the fridge (about 3-4 days). 
     
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