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Overnight Buttermilk Coffee Cake
1/3 cup butter softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg slightly beaten
1 cup all purpose flour
(King Arthur Measure for gluten free flour)
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup finely chopped pecans
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Combine topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Cream butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes. Beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix well. Spread into greased 8” square baking pan. Sprinkle topping mixture over batter. Cover and refrigerate overnight. If baking gluten free, usually you would let batter rest for 20 minutes at this point, but since you are refrigerating the cake overnight, you do not need to let the cake batter reast. Bake uncovered at 350° for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack or serve warm.
• If you do not have buttermilk, put 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice or white vinegar in a ½ cup measure and add milk to make ½ cup. Let mixture sit for 10 minutes without stirring. After 10 minutes, stir and use in your recipe.

About the author
Peggy Isenhour is a 30-plus year resident of Davie County who loves to cook, bake and share recipes. She is a retired public school and college teacher. She is married to Steve Isenhour, has a son, daughter in law, stepson, two grandsons and another on the way.
She also enjoys reading, knitting, and traveling to the mountains and beach. One of her recipes will be featured each month. “I look forward to sharing some of our family’s favorite recipes with our readers,” she said.

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