Pear-Cinnamon Streusel Squares

If you can not find Cinnamon Chips for this recipe you can use milk chocolate chips. I found the cinnamon chips at the bulk barn. This recipe came from the Better Homes and Gardens The Ultimate Cookie Book. The pear cinnamon combination is so good. I will be making these again.

Pear-Cinnamon Streusel Squares

Ingredients:

2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/4 cups large flake oatmeal
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
2 tbsp. unbleached flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups chopped, peeled and cored pears or apples
3/4 cup cinnamon flavored chips
powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350º.
Lightly grease a 9"X13" baking pan; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine 2 cups flour, oats, brown sugar and ground cinnamon.
With a pastry blender cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Remove 1 1/2 cups of this mixture; set aside for topping.
Take the remaining oat mixture and press into bottom of the baking dish.
Bake for 15 minutes.

In a medium sized bowl beat eggs and white sugar, until mixture is smooth with a whisk.
Whisk in 2 tbsp. flour.
Then whisk in baking powder and salt.
Stir in pears and cinnamon chips.
Gently spread fruit mixture over hot crust that you baked.
Sprinkle the saved oat crumble over the pear mixture.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool in pan on a wire rack.
Cut into squares.
When serving dust with icing sugar.
Or you can make a icing sugar icing and drizzle over square.
Make about 32 squares.

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Apple Sauce Cake

This cake is so good. The little divots that melt down are the best part of the cake. The recipe came from Daphne's Dandelions.

Apple Sauce Cake

Ingredients:

Topping Ingredients:

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. butter

Cake Ingredients:

1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour( just used 1 cup unbleached flour)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2-3/4 cup grated apple

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375º.
Prepare topping in small bowl. Set aside.
In a medium bowl mix all the dry things together.
In another medium bowl combine all the wet things together.
Add flour mixture to wet and blend until just combined.
Pour batter into an 8x8 pan.
Sprinkle topping over batter.
Bake for 40 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

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Cinnamon Loaf

This is a recipe I have made so many times over the years. It comes from the Protestant Ladies Chapel Guild RCAF Station La Macaza, Quebec cookbook.

Cinnamon Loaf

Ingredients:

Loaf:
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
2 cups unbleached flour
pinch salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup sour milk (add 1 tsp. vinegar to make the milk sour)

Ingredients:

Cinnamon Filling & Topping:

3 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven 350º.
Butter your loaf pan of your choice.
In small bowl whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In measuring cup add milk and the vinegar. Add vanilla. Set aside.
In small bowl combine brown sugar and cinnamon and mix. Set aside.
In your mixer add butter and sugar and mix until light and creamy.
Add one egg at a time and mix until combined.
Add your dry ingredients alternately with sour milk.
Do not over mix this mixture.
Add 1/2 the batter to your loaf pan.
Sprinkle cinnamon mixture onto this batter.
Add remaining batter and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon mixture.
Bake 1 hour or until tooth pick comes out clean.
Let cool in loaf pan for a least 1 hour.
Remove and place on cooling rack to cool completely.
It is best to cut this loaf the next day.

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Coffee Cake Muffins

This Recipe for Coffee Cake Muffins I found on Martha Stewart's Blog was a very nice muffin. It made about 1 1/2 dozen in regular muffin tin. I took them to work and everyone enjoyed them.

Coffee Cake Muffins

Ingredients:

Streusel Topping:

1 cup packed dark brown sugar (Used golden)
1 cup unbleached flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces

Muffin Ingredients:

1/2 cup room temperature butter (if you do not use liner paper you will need more butter for the muffin tin)
1 3/4 cup unbleached flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sour cream
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
Icing sugar for dusting tops

Directions:

Prepare streusel topping:

In medium bowl combine, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt.
With a pastry blender cut in butter until mixture looks like course meal.
Keep in frig until ready to use.

Muffin Directions:

Preheat oven to 350º.
Prepare muffins tins, either by adding muffin papers or butter and flour pan.
In small bowl combine with whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda. Set aside.
In your mixer bowl combine butter, sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
Beat until mixture is light and fluffy.
Beat in one egg at a time, until well combined.
Reduce speed on mixture and add flour mixture and mix only until combined.
Spoon 1/2 the batter into muffin tins.
Add streusel mixture to top of batter.
Cover with the remaining batter; and top with streusel topping.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean when inserted.
Cool in pans for 5 minutes.
Then remove and place on cooling rack until completely cooled.
Dust with icing sugar to serve.(which I forgot to do)