Easy Maple Pecan Coffee Cake

Mmm! Coffee cake made easy by our good friend Bisquick. A quick crust is topped with a choux pastry, baked, then drizzled with maple glaze.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• Coffee Cake Crust

• 2  tablespoons butter, softened
• 1  cup Bisquick baking mix
• 2  tablespoons water

• Coffee Cake Topping (Choux)

• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  cup Bisquick baking mix
• 1  teaspoon  maple flavoring
• 3  eggs

• Glaze

• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 2  tablespoons butter, softened
• 1  teaspoon  maple flavoring
• 1 -2  tablespoon milk

• Garnish

• 1⁄4 cup  chopped pecans

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F
2. In small bowl, cut 2 tablespoons butter into 1 cup Bisquick mix, using pastry blender until crumbly. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons water; mix until pastry cleans side of bowl. On ungreased cookie sheet, pat pastry into 11-inch circle. Set aside.
3. In 3-quart saucepan, heat 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup butter to rolling boil. Add 1 teaspoon maple flavor and 1 cup Bisquick mix all at once. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 1/2 minutes or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.
4. Beat in eggs, one at a time; continue beating until very smooth. Spread mixture evenly over the crust.
5. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until topping is crisp and dark golden brown; cool slightly.
6. In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over cofee cake. Sprinkle with pecans.