Ingredients
Crumble
- 1 cup (120 g) All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (106 g) Light brown sugar
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) room temperature Butter unsalted
Top of Crumble
- 1/2 cup (rough chop pecan halves) Pecans half
Cookie dough
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) room temperature Butter unsalted
- 4 oz Cream Cheese
- 1/2 cup (106 g) Light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (99 g) Sugar white
- 1 tsp (or 2 tsp vanilla extract) Vanilla bean paste
- 1 Egg
- 3 cups (360 g) All purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
Directions
Growing up in a small town in Lancaster County, there was a small grocery store right across the street. It was a family-owned grocery store that, unfortunately, is no longer around. So my mom would leave for her job reasonably early, and that left us kids to get ready for school. Well, I use to go to that store before the school bus would come and get one of two breakfast treats by Drake’s “Ring Dings” or “Coffee Cakes.” The breakfast of champions I always said.?
I always liked most types of coffee cakes, but I never had time to make any. But I wanted a more portable coffee cake. I decided to try and make a cookie that you could carry around and eat on the run. It, of course, had to have the crumble, with a few pecans on top of my coffee cake. It also had to have the brown sugar and cinnamon, my favorite two ingredients. Throw in butter, and I am ready to make this cookie.
After making these cookies, I told my husband to take them out of my sight because I could not stop eating them. A golden rule of making cookies is not to eat everything you make. I would love to hear what you think about them after you make them.
Things I Use:
Have a great breakfast!
Steps
1 Done | Crumble and ToppingAdd into a bowl the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. You can use a fork or whisk to mix the ingredients are until the ingredients are blended. Take the stick of butter and slice into 1/4" thick pieces and add to the top of the dry mixture. Take a pastry cutter and cut the butter into the dry ingredients creating medium size crumble pieces. You can use a fork if you do not have a pastry cutter; it just takes a little longer. Cover loosely and put it into the refrigerator until you are ready to use it. |
2 Done | Cookie DoughWeigh or measure the white and light brown sugars into a bowl and set aside. Weigh or measure the flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder adding to a bowl and blend with a whisk. In a stand or hand-held mixer, add the butter and the cream cheese and mix until light in color and blended thoroughly. Add both sugars and mix on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the vanilla bean paste, then the egg, and blend. I scrape down the sides and across the bottom and mix for another 30 seconds before turning the mixer to a low speed. Gradually add the flour mixture and mix till all the flour has been incorporated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. |
3 Done | Preheat the oven to 350°, and line 2 cookie sheet pans with parchment paper. |
4 Done | I could not find any object that had a flat bottom that would make the well I wanted so I improvised. I took the cap off my vinegar bottle and cleaned it up so I could use the top. I had to go around the disk about 4 or 5 times but it gave me a very nice well for the crumble. Everything I picked up had the bottom indented which would not do for what I wanted. I took a teaspoon of the crumble and added it to the well pressing down lightly so they stay in place. Added a few pieces of pecans on top and baked at 350° for 7-9 minutes. Move to a cooling rack after pulling from the oven. |
