Apricot Oat Coffee Cake

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Apricot Oat Coffee Cake

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Makes: 9 servings
Prep 20 mins
Bake 55 mins

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup rolled oats
Streusel-Nut Topping (recipe follows)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup finely snipped dried apricots or dried cherries

Directions

Grease bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of a 9x9x2-inch baking pan. Set aside. In a small bowl, pour boiling water over the 1 cup rolled oats. Set aside. Prepare Streusel-Nut Topping; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the 1-1/2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cardamom.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 cup brown sugar; beat on medium speed till well combined. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and oatmeal mixture to beaten egg mixture; beat on low speed just till combined. Stir in apricots or cherries.
Spoon batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with Streusel-Nut Topping. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 55 to 60 minutes or till wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm. Makes 9 servings.

Streusel-Nut Topping

Ingredients

1/2 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions

In a small bowl, combine rolled oats, brown sugar, and all-purpose flour. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in coarsely chopped walnuts.

Nutrition Facts

(Apricot Oat Coffee Cake)

Servings Per Recipe 9, pro. (g) 8, cal. (kcal) 530, fiber (g) 4, sodium (mg) 479, sat. fat (g) 12, chol. (mg) 96, Fat, total (g) 27, carb. (g) 68, vit. A (IU) 1263, iron (mg) 3, calcium (mg) 111, vit. C (mg) 1

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