Recipe#4585

Title: APPLE CAKE COBBLER

Recipe by: Ann Miner

      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      3 c  Tart apples; sliced
      1 tb Sugar
      1 ts Cinnamon
        ds Salt
      1    Egg
           - or 1 t. quick tapioca or f
      1 tb Butter
           Cake:
  1 1/2 c  Flour
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1    Egg; well beaten
    1/2 c  Milk
    1/2 c  Butter; melted
           Vanilla sauce:
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1 tb Cornstarch
      1 c  Boiling water
      2 tb Butter
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
        ds Salt
 
     Butter an 8x8" baking dish or casserole.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
    Fruit:  In a bowl, mix sliced apples, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and egg.
  Spead in bottom of prepared dish. Dot with butter.
    Cake:  Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Mix the
  egg, milk, and melted butter and stir into the flour mixture. Spread over
  top of the apple mixture. Bake 30 minutes until brown on top.
     Sauce:  mix sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Add boiling water,
  stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in
  butter, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt.
     Serve cake warm or at room temperature with warm sauce.