Orange Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 2 (11 ounce) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (1869 brand)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into 20 squares
• 1/2 cup margarine or 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice

Recipe

• 1 combine the granulated sugar, pecans and orange rind in a bowl; set aside for future use.
• 2 separate biscuit dough into individual biscuits; then gently separate individual biscuits in half.
• 3 place a cream cheese square between the 2 halves and pinch sides to seal each back together.
• 4 dip in butter and dredge in granulated sugar mixture.
• 5 stand biscuits on edge in a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing evenly.
• 6 drizzle with remaining butter and sprinkle with remaining granulated sugar mixture.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden.
• 8 immediately invert onto a serving plate.
• 9 glaze: combine powdered sugar and orange juice; stir well.
• 10 drizzle over warm bread.
• 11 serve immediately.
• 12 you may omit the cream cheese but still separate biscuits in half and dip as normal in sugar mixture.
• 13 we do a half and half batch.
• 14 there is not a strong orange flavor here.