Graham Streusel Coffee Cake (made With Cake Mix)

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 10 whole graham crackers
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or 1 1/2 cups walnuts
• 1 (18 ounce) box cake mix or 1 (18 ounce) box french vanilla cake mix
• 1 (3 ounce) box french vanilla instant pudding
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil or 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish.
• 3 for the streusel; place the graham crackers in a plastic bag, seal and then roll with a rolling pin until crushed (do not crush until fine) place the crumbs in a bowl.
• 4 add in the brown sugar, 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoon melted butter and cinnamon; mix until blended, then add in the pecans or walnuts; set aside.
• 5 for the cake; in a large bowl beat all cake ingredients together until blended.
• 6 pour half the cake batter into prepared buttered baking dish.
• 7 sprinkle with half of the streusel mix evenly over the top of the batter.
• 8 then carefully spread the remaining cake batter over streusel.
• 9 then top with remaining streusel.
• 10 bake for about 40-45 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• 11 if desired, drizzle glaze over the top of the cake after baking.