Strawberry Sour Cream Kuchen
 
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This is a version of one of my favorite childhood desserts, Sour Cream Apple Kuchen. It creates an amazing, buttery, gooey dessert that's perfect for serving warm with ice cream. As a bonus, it's super quick and simple to make!
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Serves: 12-14
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 - 2 pounds fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
  • 1 cups toasted chopped pecans
  • vanilla bean ice cream or whipped cream for serving
Instructions
  1. Toast the pecans: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the pecans out on a baking sheet lined with foil and bake at 350 degrees F for about 5-7 minutes or until fragrant, tossing several times. Set them aside, leaving the oven set to 350 degrees F.
  2. Make the kuchen: Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, use a pastry cutter or two knives to cut the butter cubes into the cake mix until the butter cubes are the size of small peas and are well distributed. Press this mixture into the prepared pan, building it up slightly on the edges. Bake this for 10 minutes. In the meantime, mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the sour cream and egg until smooth.
  3. Remove the base from the oven and arrange the strawberries on it (and by “arrange,” I mean just make sure they’re even — no need for fuss. Use as many strawberries as you need to cover the crust.) Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the berries. Drizzle the sour cream mixture over top (it won't completely cover the berries). Bake for 25 minutes or until the sour cream mixture is just barely developing some color. Don't overbake. Sprinkle on toasted pecans and serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Recipe by Willow Bird Baking at http://willowbirdbaking.com/2015/06/16/strawberry-sour-cream-kuchen/