On Tuesday I told you about two tools, an offset-handled icing spatula and a bench scraper that would make today’s recipe much easier to make. The offset spatula will easily smooth the batter and the bench scraper will cut the below bars quickly, easily, and in a straight line. (read the post HERE). Well, what am I making? A NY Style Crumb Coffee Cake to celebrate National Coffee Cake Day! This recipe is beyond delicious and I actually eat a piece for dessert rather than for breakfast! I hope you enjoy!
2 Tablespoons canola oil
4 cups flour, separated
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
2 Teaspoons vanilla
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled
Powder sugar for dusting

NY Crumb Coffee Cake Ingredients
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Grease a 9×12 pan with spray
In a bowl, sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, cup sugar, baking powder and salt
Set aside
In a medium bowl whisk together the milk, oil, egg and vanilla
Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture
Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan with an offset-handled icing spatula
It will be a very thin layer of batter, about 1/4 inch, and set aside
Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon
Pour the cooled, melted butter over the flour mixture, toss with spatula until large crumbs form

Ready to sprinkle the crumbs
Sprinkle crumbs over batter and gently press into batter
Transfer pan to oven, and bake in the center of the oven, rotating the pan after 10 minutes
Continue baking approximately 10 more minutes, until cake tester comes out clean
Transfer pan to cool on a wire rack
When cooled, cut into with bench scraper

- 2 Tablespoons canola oil
- 4 cups flour, separated
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled
- Powder sugar for dusting
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Grease a 9x12 pan with spray
- In a bowl, sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, cup sugar, baking powder and salt
- Set aside
- In a medium bowl whisk together the milk, oil, egg and vanilla
- Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan with an offset-handled icing spatula
- It will be a very thin layer of batter, about 1/4 inch, and set aside
- Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon
- Pour the cooled, melted butter over the flour mixture, toss with spatula until large crumbs form
- Sprinkle crumbs over batter and gently press into batter
- Transfer pan to oven, and bake in the center of the oven, rotating the pan after 10 minutes
- Continue baking approximately 10 more minutes, until cake tester comes out clean
- Transfer pan to cool on a wire rack
- When cooled, dust with powered sugar and cut into 24 pieces with bench scraper
Stay hungry…