Easy Apple Coffee Cake Recipe

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This layered coffee cake comes together easily with canned pie filling and other pantry staples. "I enjoy making it for my family or even to celebrate co-workers' birthdays," writes Joan Kuderer from Sparta, Wisconsin.

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Easy Apple Coffee Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling

Yield: 12-15 Servings

15 40 55

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups milk
1 can (21 ounces) apple pie filling
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
TOPPING:
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
GLAZE:
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 to 3 teaspoons water

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Pour half into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine pie filling and cinnamon; spoon over batter. Drop remaining batter over filling; spread gently.
Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm or cooled coffee cake. Yield: 12-15 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 350 calories, 13 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 68 mg cholesterol, 366 mg sodium, 54 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as apple coffee cake in Quick Cooking September/October 2004, p52