Vanilla Crumb Recipes

CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup light-brown sugar, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and cinnamon.
• Cut 1 1/2 sticks chilled unsalted butter into pieces. With your hands, work in butter pieces, until large clumps form. Divide mixture in half; freeze in plastic storage bags.

VANILLA WAFER CRUST

Steps:

• Combine wafer crumbs and butter or margarine together thoroughly. Press into 9 inch pie plate. Chill until set.

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 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 WAFER COOKIE CRUMB CRUST

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Heat the oven to 350 F.
• Blend ingredients thoroughly.
• Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cool thoroughly before filling.

VANILLA CRUMB

Steps:

• Combine the flour, sugars, salt, and butter in the bowl of a food processor or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. If using a food processor, pulse until the mixture is the texture of coarse crumbs. With a stand mixer, combine on low speed, also until the texture of coarse crumbs. Drizzle the vanilla over the mixture and either pulse or mix briefly to distribute the vanilla.

CRANBERRY BUCKLE WITH VANILLA CRUMB

Steps:

• To Make Vanilla Crumb: Combine the flour, sugars, salt and butter in the bowl of a food processor or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. If using a food processor, pulse until the mixture is the texture of coarse crumbs. With a stand mixer, combine on low speed, also until the texture of coarse crumbs. Drizzle the vanilla over the mixture and either pulse or mix briefly to distribute the vanilla. Set aside.
• 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 with the 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.