Jill Rose :: Recipes :: Cinnamon Coffecake

This is a family Christmas tradition. I get up early Christmas morning to make it and we eat it as we open gifts. One daughter's friend stayed overnight at our house the night before she got married. I thought she should have something special for breakfast on her wedding morning so I made this coffee cake even though it was April. When each of my daughers came downstairs that morning they said, "Is it Christmas?"

Yield: 6
Prep time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Course: Breakfast/Brunch

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 c sugar, divided
• 2 T cinnamon
• 1 1/2 c sifted flour
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 c butter, plus extra for "dotting"
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c milk

Instructions:

Mix 3/4 c sugar with the cinnamon.  Set aside.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.  In a larger bowl, cream together 1/2 c of butter and 1/2 c sugar.  Beat in the egg.  Add the flour-baking powder-salt mixture, alternating with the milk.  Spread in a buttered 9x9 inch pan and sprinkle with the reserved cinnamon mixture.  (I poke holes in the batter with a chopstick and shake some of the cinnamon mixture into the holes.)  "Dot butter lavishly" over the top, and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until brown and crusty.