Apple-Nut Coffee Cake


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From Better Homes and Gardens Homemade Bread Cookbook. We first printed it in Hot Off the Griddle #43, September 1995.

METHOD

  1. In mixing bowl cream together 1/2 cup shortening and 1 cup granulated sugar. # Add 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla; beat well.
  2. 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.
  3. Fold in 2 cups finely chopped apple.
  4. Spread batter in greased 13 × 9 × 2 inch baking pan.
  5. Combine 1/2 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; stir in 2 tbsp melted butter.
  6. Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over batter.
  7. Bake at 350 deg. for 35 to 40 minutes.