Northeast Gardening: Fall Harvest Recipes Anyone?, 1 by pixie62560

pixie62560 wrote:
I thought maybe we could share some recipes as some of us have an abundance of veggies this year.
I have several things that I bake in the fall using apples, squash, ect...so I thought i'd share one or two.

Apple-Pear Coffee Cake
Bake at 350 for 35-40 mins. in a greased 13X9 pan.

1/2 cup of soft butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon of salt (i skip it)
1 cup sour cream
1 1/4 cups pf peeled chopped apple
1/2 cup of peeled chopped pear

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons cold butter
1/2 cup chopped peacans

Cream butter & sugar together.
Add vanilla & eggs, beat well
Combine flour and all other dry ingredients together.
Slowly add to cream mixture, alternating with the sour cream.
Fold in apples & pears, pour into pan.

In small bowl combine B.sugar, cinnamon...cut in butter till coarse. Stir in nuts and then sprinkle over top of batter. Bake and enjoy!!

This message was edited Oct 17, 2008 11:31 AM