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Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake Recipe

"I've been making this special breakfast treat since I was a teenager," shares Trish Quinn of Middletown, Pennsylvania. "With chocolate chips and cinnamon in the middle and on top, it never fails to please all ages."

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Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 12-16 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar, divided
2 eggs
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
TOPPING:
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and soda; add to creamed mixture (batter will be thick).
Spread half of the batter into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Combine chocolate chips, cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle half over batter. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over the top. Sprinkle with remaining chip mixture. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 284 calories, 12 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 52 mg cholesterol, 191 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake in Quick Cooking March/April 1999, p39