Recipe - Apple-Nut Coffee Cake

2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Shortening
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Sour cream
2 cup Chopped apples
One fourth cup Water
One half cup Chopped nuts
One half cup Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 teaspoon Butter; melted

Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Cream sugar &
shortening. Beat into creamed mixture the eggs & vanilla. Add this to flour
mixture along with sour cream, adding alternately. In small pan simmer
apples with water just until slightly soft. Do not cook too long. Fold in
apples. Pour batter into round, greased & floured cake pans. Combine nuts,
brown sugar & cinnamon. Pour melted butter over these & stir. Sprinkle
mixture over tops of bread. Bake at 350 for 3540 minutes. This makes a
great holiday gift for a special friend. Bake in aluminum cake pans, wrap
with plastic wrap & tie with Christmas red ribbon. May be made ahead of
time & frozen.

MRS. MONTIE MC CARLEY

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.