Vanilla Crumb Food

CLASSIC CRUMB BUNS

Steps:

• *Prepare the yeast dough.
• Place water in the bowl of your electric mixer, sprinkle with yeast and add sugar, stir until yeast is dissolved.
• Set aside for 10 minutes or until foam and a few bubbles start to form on the surface.
• In a small saucepan, over low heat, warm the milk and butter until butter just melts.
• Temperature of the mixture should not be more than 105°F Add the 105°F butter/milk into the proofed yeast mixture, stir.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix to combine.
• Add 1 cup of all purpose flour, the cake flour, 1/4 cup of sugar and the 1/2 tsp salt.
• Beat on low speed until smooth and well blended.
• Add 2 cups of the remaining flour and, with your mixer on slow, blend it in to the mixture.
• Slowly add the remaining flour in 1/4 cup increments until the dough forms a smooth, soft (not sticky) ball that comes away from the sides of the bowl.
• It may be necessary to do this last step by hand with a wooden spoon if your mixer is not a heavy duty model.
• If using the heavy duty mixer, install the dough hook and mix until the dough is smooth, about 3 minutes.
• OR, knead by hand for about 5 minutes on a lightly floured board, it should be smooth and will no longer stick to the work surface.
• Transfer the dough to a bowl that's been well buttered, flip it around a couple times to coat all sides of the ball.
• Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place to rise until it's about doubled in size.
• It can also rise overnight in the fridge, but must be allowed to come to room temperature before making crumb buns Using your fist gently punch down the dough to deflate.
• The dough is now ready to form into buns.
• **For the Crumbs.
• While your dough is rising, about 20 minutes before it's done, prepare the crumbs.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed beat the butter, sugars, salt and vanilla until the mixture is well combined, about one minute.
• Add the flour and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top.
• Combine until mixture just forms a crust.
• **For the buns.
• After punching down the dough, divide it into two portions, cover.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one portion of the dough until it forms a 8x14 inch rectangle about 1/4-inch thick.
• Brush the dough lightly with some melted butter and evenly sprinkle 3/4 cup of the crumb mixture over the buttered surface.
• Starting at the long side furtherest away from you fold 1/3rd of the dough over on itself, brush this surface with melted butter, fold the double layer of dough over again to cover the remaining 1/3rd of the dough that's closest to you.
• You will now have a 3 layered dough that's 14 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide.
• Press gently on the dough so the layers adhere and pinch around the edges to seal.
• Cut the rectangle into 7, 2-inch portions.
• Repeat with second half of dough.
• Butter a 9x13x2-inch baking pan, place the buns 1/2 inch apart in the pan.
• Brush the top of each bun with melted butter and sprinkle the remaining crumbs over the mixture allowing some to fall between.
• Gently press the crumbs into the top of the buns.
• Cover pan with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise for about 30 minutes or unit the dough looks puffy.
• The buns should NOT be touching.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Remove plastic wrap from the buns and bake for about 40 minutes, until the tops are golden brown and the crumbs are slightly firm.
• The buns will have spread into one large pull apart pan of buns.
• Allow to cool on a rack for about 10 minutes.
• With a small sharp knife cut along the sides of the pan and carefully remove buns so as not to disturb crumbs.
• Transfer to a rack to cool, just before serving dust with confectioners sugar.
• Cover and store at room temperature for 2 days.
• To freshen wrap in foil and heat in a 300°F oven until just warm.

OUTRAGEOUSLY BUTTERY CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12x18-inch jellyroll pan.
• Beat the yellow cake mix, water, eggs, and 1/2 cup softened butter together with an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until thoroughly blended, about 2 minutes on medium speed. Pour the cake batter into the prepared jellyroll pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the cake are light brown but the middle of the cake is still slightly gooey, 15 to 17 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, butter, and flour together in a large bowl until the mixture forms medium crumbs. Remove the cake from the oven, and press about 3/4 of the crumb topping onto the top of the almost-baked cake. Reserve the remaining topping.
• Return the cake to the oven, and bake an additional 10 to 12 minutes, until the crumb topping is firm and the cake is cooked all the way through.
• Remove the cake from the oven, and sprinkle with the remaining crumb topping. Let the cake cool to room temperature, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

VANILLA CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll pie crust and place in 9-inch pie plate; flute edges.
• In a large saucepan combine brown sugar, flour, corn syrup, cream of tarter, salt, vanilla, and eggs. Slowly stir in water and cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture boils and rises. Remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, mix crumb topping ingredients until crumbly.
• Poor cooled brown sugar mixture into crust to 3/4 full. (Ther may be some mixture left.) Use your fingers to sprinkle crumbs evenly on top.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden and set.

VANILLA CRUMB CAKES / MUFFINS - SOUTHERN LIVING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease 4 cups in a jumbo muffin pan. Fill the 2 empty cups halfway with water.
• In a large bowl stir together sugars. Add flour and nutmeg, whisking until blended. Cut butter into flour/sugar mixture with a fork until crumbly. Remove and reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture for topping.
• Combine buttermilk, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk in egg. Pour over the crumb mixture remaining in large bowl. Stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter evenly into a greased jumbo muffin pan, filling 4 muffins with batter. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over batter, pressing lightly into batter.
• Bake 350 for 28 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove cakes from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle with Vanilla Glaze.
• Vanilla Glaze: Whisk all ingredients until smooth. Yield 1/4 cup.

VANILLA CRUMB PIE

Steps:

• 1. In a saucepan, bring filling ingredients to a boil. let cool slightly
• 2. Combine crumb ingredients
• 3. Pour cooled sauce in an unbaked pie crust.Add crumbs on top
• 4. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown

CRANBERRY BUCKLE WITH VANILLA CRUMB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Using a handheld mixer with beaters or a stand mixer withthe paddle attachment, cream the butter, sugar, and orange zest together on medium-high speed for 3 to 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture in three additions alternating with the sour cream in two additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally.
• Fold in 1 cup of the cranberries. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Distribute the remaining 1 cup cranberries over the cake and sprinkle the crumb topping over the cranberries. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until lightly golden and firm on top.

VANILLA AND CINNAMON CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for a dark-finish pan).
• Line a 10-inch springform pan with parchment, grease the bottom and sides and set aside.
• To make the crumb top, in the bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the flour, sugar; and cinnamon.
• Cut in the vanilla and cold butter on low speed until coarse dry crumbs are formed.
• Pour into a small bowl and set aside.
• If not using immediately, refrigerate until needed.
• To make the cake batter, without cleaning the mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract and beat well on medium speed for 30 seconds.
• The mixture will be loose.
• Add the flour; cinnamon, baking powder; baking soda, and salt and beat on low speed for 15 seconds.
• Add the sour cream and beat on medium-high speed only until the lumps smooth out and the mixture looks fluffy, about 30 seconds on medium-high speed.
• Do not overbeat.
• Spread the batter evenly into the prepared springform pan.
• Sprinkle the top evenly with the crumb topping.
• Bake on the center rack of the oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until the top is crisp and feels firm when gently touched in the center; the cake separates slightly from the sides of the pan, and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean (it may be a bit moist; that's okay).
• Do not overbake, or the cake will be dry.
• Remove from the oven and cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing the sides of the pan.
• Let cool at least 30 minutes before serving warm, or cover in plastic wrap to serve later at room temperature.
• Store at room temperature for up to 3 days.