Sprinkle this mixture over the apples and cook a few minutes longer, until the sugar has combined with the juices from the apple slices and the slices are coated in the syrupy mixture. ![]() Combine 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.Add the apple slices and cook for about 5 minutes, until just softened, stirring frequently. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a small to medium saucepan on the stovetop over medium-low heat.I do hope you will give this apple crumb coffee cake a try! Print Once sliced, this cake was tender and moist, with the perfect amount of apple flavor and satisfying crunch from the crumb topping. I set it on the table to cool, then took this photo just as the light came streaming into the kitchen. It came out of the oven just as the sun was peaking over the forest treetops. I sliced the apples, cooked them with a bit of butter, sugar, and cinnamon, then added them to a simple coffee cake base. Being the sort of person who enjoys a slice of cake with her morning coffee, I chose the latter. There are only two things to do with apples like that: turn them into homemade applesauce or bake something. Then there is this easy apple crumb coffee cake, which was inspired by a bowl of apples that were just past their hand-eating days. And what I now call a Whatever You’ve Got Coffee Cake, which can be made with butter/olive oil/vegetable oil, and with yogurt/milk/buttermilk/sour cream. What have I been making with what’s on hand? Hearty chilaquiles using black beans and tortilla chips that were just past their salsa dipping days. These past few weeks, when groceries have been harder to come by, it’s a habit that is serving me well. I take tremendous pleasure out of using food that might have otherwise have gone to waste (or to the chickens). I know it’s a slightly odd obsession, but there it is. One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is find ways to use up food. It makes a moist coffee cake covered in a simple crumb topping and apple slices cooked in cinnamon sugar. All the flavors meld together and the apple butter seeps into the cake and it’s just a good time.This easy Apple Crumb Coffee Cake recipe is a great way to use up apples that are just past their hand-eating days. It’s not required, but this cake will be the best it can be if you make it and then let it sit in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. It’s a very subtle flavor that just ties everything together. It doesn’t give the frosting very much flavor at all, but I do think it pairs better with the cake, filling, and crumbs than a plain or vanilla frosting would. I almost went with a straight up plain buttercream, but decided to toss in a couple of tablespoon of apple butter. The crumbs that go between the layers will soak up some of that apple butter too, so they end up being soft and super flavorful.īecause the real star of this show is the apple butter and the crumbs, I didn’t want an overpowering frosting here. They bake for 10 minutes in the oven and that’s it! Piece of cake. Then just use my hands to combine it all until most of the flour has been incorporated and the crumbs are really holding their shape. ![]() Personally, I just prefer to use my hands! I like to grate the cold butter and then add it to the dry ingredients. Feel free to use a pastry cutter or two knives or however you like to incorporate butter into dry ingredients for these kinds of things. ![]() You can make it a day or two in advance, which is really helpful when you begin assembly. Homemade apple butter on top of that seemed like a little much! Especially because we’re using less than a cup here. I used some jarred apple butter from the grocery store because I knew this recipe already had a from scratch cake, crumb topping, and frosting. You can certainly make your own apple butter for this, or maybe you go a jump on your autumn bucket list and have already made some apple butter! Either way, homemade or store bought will work here. Ultimate cozy autumn vibes right here, friends! The cake itself is already super soft and moist and the apple butter just takes it to the next level. I had the idea for this cake with apple butter between the layers and it turned out better than I imagined because the apple butter literally seeps into the cake and it is SO GOOD. I love some pumpkin spiced things, but apples are where it’s at for me. ![]() It’s apple season, friends!! I always get so PUMPED for all the apple desserts during autumn.
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