Coffee Cake with Pecan-Cinnamon Streusel

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2018, America's Test Kitchen TV

Could we streamline the process for this breakfast treat and still produce a soft, tender crumb crowned with a crunchy, nutty streusel?

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our streusel-topped coffee cake recipe makes use of a food processor for mixing both the cake and the streusel topping. To make sure our cake was tender despite the aggressive action of the food processor's blades, we opted to use the rever...

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