Apple Cake with Sauce
4 cups apples, peeled and sliced
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup oil
1 cup chopped pecans
In large bowl place apples and coat with sugar. Add all dry ingredients. In separate bowl, beat eggs, oil and vanilla. Add to apple mixture. Batter will be very thick. Stir in pecans. Pour into greased 9x13 pan or Bundt pan. Bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
Sauce:
1 cup sugar
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup cream or evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
In small saucepan bring to boil over medium heat. Serve sauce separate.
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A-To-Z Bread
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups A-To-Z Ingredients (choose from list below)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts (your choice, almonds, walnuts, pecans, peanuts
whatever goes best with the A-To-Z ingredient you choose.)
A-To-Z Ingredients: (choose 2 cups of one of these)
Apples, peeled and chopped
Applesauce
Apricots, (dried) chopped
Bananas, mashed
Carrots, shredded
Coconut
Dates, pitted and chopped
Figs (dried), chopped
Grapes (seedless), chopped
Oranges, peeled and chopped
Peaches, peeled and chopped
Pears, peeled and chopped
Pineapple (canned), crushed and drained
Prunes, pitted and chopped
Pumpkin, canned
Raisins
Raspberries, unsweetened fresh or frozen
Rhubarb, chopped fresh or frozen
Strawberries, fresh or frozen
Sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
Zucchini, peeled and grated
A-To-Z Bread Continued
In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs; mix well. Stir in A-To-Z ingredient of your choice and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir in nuts. Pour into two greased 8x4x2 loaf pans or four mini loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 55-65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to wire rack.
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I also have great recipes for apple butter and apple pie filling if you like to do canning, just let me know.
Candi