Graham Cracker Streusel Coffee Cake

Graham Cracker Streusel Coffee Cake

Ingredients:
Streusel topping:
9 graham crackers
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick and 3 tablespoons of melted butter
1 cup pecans
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Put graham crackers in a Ziploc bag, close it and roll with rolling pin until crushed. Put in large bowl. Add other dry ingredients. Melt butter, pour over and mix thoroughly.

Coffee cake:

1 box white cake or French vanilla cake mix (Super Moist)
1 box instant vanilla pudding
3 eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 cup water

Directions:
Beat ingredients together until thoroughly mixed. Pour half into a greased 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle half of the streusel mixture on top of batter. Carefully spread the remaining batter on top of the streusel and then top with remaining streusel. Piscopo said she usually uses a glass baking pan and sets the cake to bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Next, turn off oven and keep pan in for five minutes longer, then remove the cake from the oven. Insert toothpick for final test. This coffee cake freezes well and can be served when thawed, Piscopo said. When the cake has had a chance to cool, drizzle icing on top made from powdered sugar and milk.    Yield: 8 large or 16 medium slices.