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Pecan Streusel Filling

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes enough for one 10-inch cake

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups lightly packed light-brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation

  1. Combine the sugars, pecans, flour, cinnamon, and cloves in a medium bowl. Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until well combined and crumbly; refrigerate until ready to use.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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