Apple-Oatmeal Crumb Cake

This delicious apple crumb cake is perfect for the Summer and Fall months! You can use any type of apple, but this recipe calls for McIntosh.

Ingredients

1 c. all-purpose flour

1/3 c. regular oats

1/3 c. granulated sugar

1/3 c. packed dark brown sugar

1/8 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/4 c. chilled stick margarine or butter, cut into small pieces

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/3 c. apple juice

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 large egg (or egg substitute)

1 1/2 c. coarsely chopped peeled McIntosh apple (about 2 apples)

Cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350º.

2. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup, and level with a knife. Combine the flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through nutmeg) in a bowl, and cut in the margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 1/2 cup flour mixture for topping; set aside.

3. Combine the remaining flour mixture, baking powder, and baking soda, and add the apple juice, vanilla extract, and egg. Beat the mixture at medium speed of a mixer until blended, and fold in the chopped apple.

4. Spoon the batter into an 8-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle the reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture over the batter. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool the cake on a wire rack.

Source: Cooking Light