Brown Butter Pumpkin Coffee Cake

1h
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Place a stick of butter in a small saucepan on medium-high heat.
  2. 2Stir continuously until you have a golden, foamy butter.
  3. 3Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
  4. 4In a large bowl, combine the cooled brown butter, brown sugar, Greek yogurt, eggs, and vanilla extract.
  5. 5Add pumpkin puree to the wet ingredients.
  6. 6Mix until everything is well combined.
  7. 7To your wet batter, add the flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
  8. 8Fold until everything is combined.
  9. 9In a small bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and butter for the streusel.
  10. 10Work the dry ingredients into the butter until you have a crumble that resembles clumpy sand.
  11. 11Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
  12. 12Place half of your batter onto the pan.
  13. 13Add a thick layer of streusel over the batter.
  14. 14Add the remaining half of your batter over the streusel.
  15. 15Top off with another thick layer of streusel.
  16. 16Bake at 375F for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry.
  17. 17While the coffee cake bakes, start working on the maple glaze.
  18. 18In a small bowl, combine the confectioners sugar, maple syrup, milk, vanilla extract, and salt.
  19. 19Once the coffee cake has baked and cooled, drizzle the maple glaze.
  20. 20Cut the cake into squares and serve.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter
  • 1.25 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 0.5 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1.5 cup brown sugar
  • 1.5 cup AP flour
  • 0.5 cup soft unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp milk or heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt

Equipment

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Tips

  • Bake at 375F for 45-60 minutes.
  • The cake is ready when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry.

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