Make-Ahead Streusel Mix

Name: Make-Ahead Streusel Mix
Yield: Serves 16 (Makes enough mix for two 9-inch cakes)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup packed (2 1/3 ounces), brown sugar; 1/3 cup (2 1/3 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/3 cup (1 2/3 ounces), all-purpose flour; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon; 1 cup, walnuts, pecans, or almonds, chopped

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Breakfast & Brunch

Wouldn’t it be great to have homemade coffee cake at a moment’s notice? But making our own mix turned out to be a bit of a puzzle.

SERVES16 (Makes enough mix for two 9-inch cakes)

TIME8 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For homemade coffee cake with the ease of a boxed mix, the freezer was key. For the topping, a simple streusel full of nuts and spices went into a zip-top bag. When it comes time to bake, we simply combine our dry mix with eggs and milk (wa...

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