Best Christmas Coffee Cake Recipes

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Set aside. Drain cherries on paper towels. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in cherries., Pour half of the batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan; sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan just before serving.

CHRISTMAS CRANBERRY ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Grease one 9 inch pie pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, clove. Mix well. Stir in cranberries and the almonds and toss to coat. Or add almonds and put berries in bottom of pie pan. Stir in butter, eggs and extracts. Spread into pie pan.
• For topping: mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, almonds. Press in soft butter until you get a crumble mixture. Put on top of batter.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden tooth pick inserted near center to come out clean. Serve warm or cold. Heats up nicely in microwave for a few seconds.
• P.S. Frozen berries last one year. Make sure to pick through your frozen berries before using. The more wrinkles on a frozen berry the older it is. The batter will be a little thicker if you use frozen cranberries. It is easier to see the bad berries if you unfreeze them in warm water.

CHRISTMAS TREE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl throughly mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt& dry yeast. Set aside.
• In small saucepan combine milk, water and butter.
• Heat to 130ºF (butter does not need to melt).
• Slowly add liquid to the above dry ingredients; beat for 2 minutes with electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Add egg and 1 cup flour.
• Beat at high speed additional 2 minutes.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make stiff dough (approx. 1 cup).
• Cover tightly.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• When ready to make rolls, prepare filling.
• In large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt, nutmeg and vanilla.
• Beat just until well blended.
• Stir in drained pineapple.
• Grease 2 large cookie sheets.
• Divide dough in half; keep one half in refrigerator while working with other half.
• On lightly floured surface roll first dough half to an 11" x 10" rectangle.
• Spread with half of the cream cheese pineapple filling.
• Roll up on 11" side- pinch seams to seal.
• Cut into 1" slices and arrange in shape of Christmas tree on cookie sheet.
• Cover lightly with plastic wrap.
• Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• Let arranged slices rise approximately 1 hour in draft free warm place.
• Preheat oven to 375ºF- Bake 15 minutes; cover with aluminum foil to prevent browning.
• Bake additional 5-10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• Place cherries, cut side down in center of each roll.
• Combine powdered sugar with milk and drizzle over the rolls.

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the baking mix, sugar, cinnamon and allspice. Combine the eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. , Place the cranberry sauce in a bowl; stir. Spread over batter. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over cranberry sauce. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. add 1/3 dry ingredients to batter, then 1/3 sour cream. Repeat additions of dry ingredients and sour cream two more times, beating only until incorporated after each addition.
• For topping: mix with a fork the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Grease a 9x13-inch pan. Put half the batter in the pan, then half the topping, remaining batter, and remaining topping.
• Bake at 350 for 28 minutes in a metal pan, or at 325 for 30-35 minutes in a pyrex pan.

CHRISTMAS TREE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Soften yeast in lukewarm water. (Use warm water for dry yeast.)
• 2. Pour scalded milk over sugar, salt and butter.
• 3. Cool to lukewarm.
• 4. Stir in 1 cup flour and eggs.
• 5. Add softened yeast and oats.
• 6. Combine 1/4 cup flour and candied fruits; stir to coat fruits evenly with flour.
• 7. Add to dough; mix well.
• 8. Stir in enough more flour to make a soft dough.
• 9. Turn out on lightly floured board or canvas; knead until smooth and satiny, about 10 minutes.
• 10. Round dough into ball; place in greased bowl; brush lightly with melted shortening.
• 11. Cover and let rise in warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
• 12. Punch dough down; cover; let rest 10 minutes.
• 13. Divide dough in half.
• 14. From one half, pinch off 17 pieces of dough; shape to form balls.
• 15. Arrange balls in the shape of a Christmas tree on greased cookie sheet.
• 16. Brush lightly with melted butter.
• 17. Repeat with other half of dough.
• 18. Cover; let rise in warm place until nearly double in size, about 1 hour.
• 19. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.
• 20. Decorate with confectioners\' sugar frosting and candied citron.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter. Then add eggs, milk, 1 package of yeast (2 tablespoons bulk yeast) dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water, flour, salt and vanilla. Beat all of these ingredients together. Then set dough aside and let it rise, until double in size.
• When your coffee cake dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours) put it in a 9x13" greased pan and spread with topping.
• To make the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, melted butter and nuts (you can use maraschino cherries or candied red and green cherries if you don't like nuts).
• Place in a cold oven and leave it in there overnight to rise.
• The next morning turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1/2 hour. Take out and serve warm.

"NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS" COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. cream together sugar and butter
• 2. add eggs,milk,yeast(with warm water),flour,salt,and vanilla
• 3. beat all these ingredients togehter
• 4. then set dough aside, covered with damp cloth,let rise, until double in size.
• 5. when your dough has risen to double the size (this may take about 2 hours)put in 9x13-inch greased pan and spread with topping
• 6. now place in cold oven and leave it over night to rise.
• 7. the next morning turn oven on 350 degrees and bake 30 min.serve warm.
• 8. TOPPING
• 9. combine sugar,cinnamon,melted butter,and nuts or cherriers

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter. Gradually add sugar; cream until fluffy. Add well beaten egg in thirds, beating well after each addition. Stir in sifted dry ingredients, alternately with milk or sour cream. Spread 1/2 mixture in greased 8 inch pie pan. Filling: Mix all ingredients thoroughly and spread 1/2 over batter in pan. Add rest of batter and spread remainder of filling over top. Bake at 350 degrees, about 20 minutes. Serve warm.

CHRISTMAS MORNING COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease bundt or tube pan and fill around the stem with one layer of rolls.
• Sprinkle with 1/2 brown sugar, pudding powder mix, cinnamon, and nuts.
• Pour 1/2 melted butter over all.
• Repeat the process.
• Place a plate upside down over the pan.
• Let rise overnight or until rolls fill pan.
• Bake 350°F for 35 minutes.

GRANNY'S CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan with butter, then dust with flour, shaking out any excess. For the batter: Sift together the 2 cups of flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. Combine the 2 sticks of butter and the sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on low speed to incorporate, then on medium-high speed for about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low; add the eggs one at a time, beating to combine each time. Add the sour cream and vanilla extract, beating to incorporate, then add the sifted flour mixture; beat until well combined. For the filling/topping: Combine the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl; mix well. Use a spatula to transfer one-third of the batter to the pan, spreading it evenly. Spread three-quarters of the brown sugar mixture evenly over the batter. Cover evenly with the remaining batter, then top with the remaining one-quarter of the brown sugar mixture. (Alternatively, spread half of the batter evenly in the pan, then cover evenly with the filling mixture. Top with the remaining half of the batter.) Bake for 1 hour or until a tester inserted into the top half of the cake comes out clean. Cool;transfer to a serving plate. Per serving: 359 cal.; 4 g pro.; 42 g carb.; 20 g fat (10 sat., 8 monounsat., 2 polyunsat.); 64 mg chol.; 70 mg sod.; 1 g fiber; 28 g sugar; 50 percent calories from fat.