Recipe: One-Dish Pumpkin Streusel with Cream Cheese Frosting (using yeast)

ONE-DISH PUMPKIN STREUSEL
"With 20-minute prep time and a minimum of bowls and utensils, it's a great recipe for a hectic Thanksgiving day kitchen."


FOR THE BATTER:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 envelopes Fleischmann's RapidRise Yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup butter OR margarine, melted
1/2 cup very warm milk (120 to 130 degrees F)
1 egg
3/4 cup pumpkin puree, canned (not sweetened pie filling)

FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING:
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter OR margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)

Mix batter ingredients in a pre-sprayed 9-1/2-inch deep dish pie plate. Set aside for 5 minutes.

Combine streusel topping ingredients in small bowl mixing with fork until uniform. Top batter with streusel topping. Using fingers, poke topping thoroughly into batter.

Bake by placing in a COLD oven; set temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Cool 10 minutes.

When cool, spread Cream Cheese Frosting over top or drizzle on top in a pattern, if desired.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Mix ingredients together with electric mixer until very smooth. If desired, stir in drops of water to make a consistency to drizzle.

Makes 8 servings
Adapted from source: Fleischmann's Yeast