Apple Kuchen

This apple dessert is great after dinner or as a snack anytime. Serve it warm with whipped cream for a tasty treat.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups silted flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 5 cups thinly sliced tart apples
• Topping:
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves
• Cinnamon-Ice Cream Sauce or whipped cream

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 400F. Lightly grease 13-x-9 x 2in baking pan. 2. Into medium bowl, sift flour with 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. With pastry blender, cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 3. Add beaten egg, milk, and vanilla stirring with fork until the mixture is smooth-will take about 1 minute. 4. Spread batter evenly in bottom of prepared pan. Arrange apple slices, thin sides down and slightly overlapping in parallel rows over the batter. 5. Make topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. Sprinkle sugar mixture over the apple slices. 6. Bake 35 minutes or until apple slices are tender. Remove to wire rack. 7. Mix apricot preserves with 1 tbl hot water. Brush over apples. Cut kuchen into rectangles and serve warm with sauce or whipped cream. Also very good with topping or sauce as a snack.

Number of Servings: 12