Apple-Nut Coffee Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens Homemade Bread Cookbook. Printed in Hot Off the Griddle #43, September 1995.

METHOD

  1. In mixing bowl cream together 1/2 cup shortening and 1 cup granulated sugar.
  2. Add 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla; beat well.
  3. Stir thoroughly 2 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda and 1/4 tsp tsp salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with 1 cup dairy sour cream.
  4. Fold in 2 cups finely chopped apple.
  5. Spread batter in greased 13 × 9 × 2 inch baking pan.
  6. Combine 1/2 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; stir in 2 tbsp melted butter.
  7. Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over batter.
  8. Bake at 350 deg. for 35 to 40 minutes.
Posted on September 9, 2015 by kim falls and filed under desserts & sweets.