4 c Apples, apricots, peaches,

1 ts Ground cinnamon

chopped pineapple or whole blueberries

1/4 ts Mace

1 c Butter

1 c Water

2 Eggs, slightly beaten

2 tb Lemon juice

1 c Milk

1 1/4 c Sugar

1 ts Vanilla

1/3 c Cornstarch

1/2 c Sugar

3 c All-purpose flour

1/2 c All-purpose flour

1 c Sugar

1/4 c Butter

1 tb Baking powder

1/2 c Walnuts, chopped

1 ts Salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a saucepan, combine choice of fruit and the water. Simmer, covered, about 5 minutes or until fruit is tender. Stir in lemon juice. Mix the 1 1/4 cups sugar and cornstarch; stir into fruit mixture. Cook and stir

until thickened and bubbly. Cool. In a mixing bowl, stir together the 3 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and mace. Cut in the 1 cup butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Combine eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add to flour mixture, mixing until blended. Spread half of the batter into a greased 9x13 baking pan or two 8x8 baking pans.

Spread the cooled fruit mixture over the batter. Spoon the remaining batter in small mounds over the fruit mixture, spreading out as much as possible, Combine the 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup flour; cut in the 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle nut mixture over batter in pan. Bake 45-50 minutes for a 9x13 pan or 40-45 minutes for the two 8x8 pans, or until cake tests done. Cool. Recipe By: Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook Per serving: 786 Calories; 32g Fat (36% calories from fat); 9g Protein; 118g Carbohydrate; 126mg Cholesterol; 724mg Sodium

From: Faylen Date: 10-03-96 (19:54) The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste of home.

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