Apple
Coffee Cake
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups brown sugar
¾ cup shortening
1 tsp baking soda
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp maple extract
1 cup hot coffee
2 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350º
Toss apples with lemon juice and set aside.
Combine the brown sugar and flours
together. Cut in shortening until mixed
well, (it will be lumpy). Take out one
cup of mixture and set aside.
Dissolve baking soda in hot coffee and add to
remaining flour/sugar mixture. Add the
egg, vanilla and maple extract and mix quickly.
Do not over mix.
Pour batter into a rectangle glass baking
dish. Layer sliced apples over top. Sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake at 350º for 45 minutes. Can sprinkle with powdered sugar and served
warm or cold.
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